Mika earns $379 per week which she spends entirely at the grocery store, purchasing either food or alcohol. The price of food is $1/unit, while the price of alcohol is $4/unit. Mika receives an additional $50/week in food stamps that can only be only be used to buy food at the grocery store (so, this money could be used to buy food but NOT alcohol). Mika knows someone who will give her cash in exchange these food stamps at a rate of $0.50 in cash for every $1 in food. stamps. Cash, of course, can be used to buy either food or alcohol. What is the vertical coordinate of the vertical intercept of Mika's budget constraint if she were to graph quantity of food on the horizontal axis and quantity of alcohol on the vertical axis? (Note: The answer may not be a whole number, so round to the nearest hundredth)
Mika earns $379 per week which she spends entirely at the grocery store, purchasing either food or alcohol. The
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