In the quaint village of Chromaville, all of the residents (including their mayor) are colorblind. The mayor is decorating all the village's lampposts before their annual year-end holiday parade. She has $180 to spend on ribbon. A yard of green ribbon costs $1.50 (per yard). A yard of red ribbon costs $1.25. However, there is a sale on this week: If you buy two yards of green ribbon at the regular price, you get an additional yard of green ribbon for free! a. If yards of red ribbon are measured along the horizontal axis and yards of green ribbon are measured along the vertical axis, what is the slope of the mayor's budget constraint (during the sale)? b. What is the slope of the mayor's indifference curves (if she cannot tell the difference between red and green ribbon)? C. How many yards of red and green ribbon will the mayor purchase (during the sale)?

In the quaint village of Chromaville, all of the residents (including their mayor) are colorblind. The mayor is decorating all the village's lampposts before their annual year-end holiday parade. She has $180 to spend on ribbon. A yard of green ribbon costs $1.50 (per yard). A yard of red ribbon costs $1.25. However, there is a sale on this week: If you buy two yards of green ribbon at the regular price, you get an additional yard of green ribbon for free! a. If yards of red ribbon are measured along the horizontal axis and yards of green ribbon are measured along the vertical axis, what is the slope of the mayor's budget constraint (during the sale)? b. What is the slope of the mayor's indifference curves (if she cannot tell the difference between red and green ribbon)? C. How many yards of red and green ribbon will the mayor purchase (during the sale)?

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