Kimiko is planning a party to celebrate her birthday. She has decided to serve sushi and yakıtori meat skewers. Each serving of sushi is $8 and each yakitori is $2. Kimiko has $240 to spend on the party, and her budget line is shown below. Her friend Barry thinks there will not be enough food, so he gives Kimiko $80 more to spend on the party (she now has $320). Show Kimiko's new budget line in the graph below and answer the question. Which good will Kimiko buy more of? 100 She will buy the same amount of both. 90 Only Kimiko knows; the question does not provide 80 enough information. Yakitori skewers because they are cheaper, so they 70 60 offer more bang for her buck. Sushi because she likes it better. 50 40 30 20 10 ВС 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Quantity of Sushi

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Kimiko is planning a party to celebrate her birthday. She has decided to serve sushi and yakitori meat skewers. Each
serving of sushi is $8 and each yakitori is $2. Kimiko has $240 to spend on the party, and her budget line is shown below.
Her friend Barry thinks there will not be enough food, so he gives Kimiko $80 more to spend on the party (she now has
$320). Show Kimiko's new budget line in the graph below and answer the question.
Which good will Kimiko buy more of?
100
She will buy the same amount of both.
90
Only Kimiko knows; the question does not provide
80
enough information.
Yakitori skewers because they are cheaper, so they
offer more bang for her buck.
70
60
Sushi because she likes it better.
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Quantity of Yakitori
Quantity of Sushi
Transcribed Image Text:Kimiko is planning a party to celebrate her birthday. She has decided to serve sushi and yakitori meat skewers. Each serving of sushi is $8 and each yakitori is $2. Kimiko has $240 to spend on the party, and her budget line is shown below. Her friend Barry thinks there will not be enough food, so he gives Kimiko $80 more to spend on the party (she now has $320). Show Kimiko's new budget line in the graph below and answer the question. Which good will Kimiko buy more of? 100 She will buy the same amount of both. 90 Only Kimiko knows; the question does not provide 80 enough information. Yakitori skewers because they are cheaper, so they offer more bang for her buck. 70 60 Sushi because she likes it better. 50 40 30 20 10 BC 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Quantity of Yakitori Quantity of Sushi
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A Budget is defined as the estimation of the revenue and expenses for a specified period of time. It is mostly utilized by the governments, firms and individuals. 
     

A Budget Line, also known as the Budget Constraint, refers to all the combinations of two commodities which a consumer could afford at the given market prices, given his or her total income.  

 

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