David gets paid $26 per hour and works 60 hours per week. He typically allots himself 80 hours per week to divide betwe work hours and leisure time, so he is currently consuming 20 hours per week of leisure time. He recently obtained a wagy increase of $30 per hour and has decided to cut back to working 55 hours per week. The original budget constraint illustrates his maximum income if he were to work all 80 hours as well as his minimum income if he were to work 0 hours or 80 hours of leisure. The coordinate "Choice A" represents David's highest level of utility on his original budget constraint with income ($1560-60 hours x S26 per hour) and leisure (20 hours). On the graph below, illustrate David's new utility-maximizing choice by performing two tasks: 1 Adi
David gets paid $26 per hour and works 60 hours per week. He typically allots himself 80 hours per week to divide betwe work hours and leisure time, so he is currently consuming 20 hours per week of leisure time. He recently obtained a wagy increase of $30 per hour and has decided to cut back to working 55 hours per week. The original budget constraint illustrates his maximum income if he were to work all 80 hours as well as his minimum income if he were to work 0 hours or 80 hours of leisure. The coordinate "Choice A" represents David's highest level of utility on his original budget constraint with income ($1560-60 hours x S26 per hour) and leisure (20 hours). On the graph below, illustrate David's new utility-maximizing choice by performing two tasks: 1 Adi
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Transcribed Image Text:David gets paid $26 per hour and works 60 hours per week. He typically allots himself 80 hours per week to divide betweer
work hours and leisure time, so he is currently consuming 20 hours per week of leisure time. He recently obtained a wage
increase of $30 per hour and has decided to cut back to working 55 hours per week.
The original budget constraint illustrates his maximum income if he were to work all 80 hours as well as his minimum
income if he were to work 0 hours or 80 hours of leisure. The coordinate "Choice A" represents David's highest level of
utility on his original budget constraint with income ($1560-60 hours x S26 per hour) and leisure (20 hours).
On the graph below, illustrate David's new utility-maximizing choice by performing two tasks:
1. Adjust the New Budget Constraint along the y-axis to represent his maximum income if he worked all 80 hours.
2. Reposition "Choice B" on the New Budget Constraint to show David's newly adjusted work/wage rate

Transcribed Image Text:Income ($)
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
Original Budget (0,2080)
Choice A (20,$1560)
New Budget (0,580)
20
40
Choice B (80. $725)
60
+86-47
80
100
Total Hours Leisure
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