Peter has a monthly income of I = $56 to spend on two goods, t-shirts (good x) and movies (good y). T-shirts cost px = $14 and movies cost py = $7. a) Write the equation of Peter's budget line and represent it graphically. Label this budget line as BLa. Look at the budget line, if Peter spends all his monthly income on t- shirts, how many t-shirts he can afford? And what is the maximum number of movies he could attend given his monthly income? [Hint: The general equation of the budget line is given by pxx+Pyy = I. In this general equation, insert the given information about prices and income to find the equation of Peter's budget line. Next, to solve for y to write the budget line in its slope-intercept form,
Peter has a monthly income of I = $56 to spend on two goods, t-shirts (good x) and movies (good y). T-shirts cost px = $14 and movies cost py = $7. a) Write the equation of Peter's budget line and represent it graphically. Label this budget line as BLa. Look at the budget line, if Peter spends all his monthly income on t- shirts, how many t-shirts he can afford? And what is the maximum number of movies he could attend given his monthly income? [Hint: The general equation of the budget line is given by pxx+Pyy = I. In this general equation, insert the given information about prices and income to find the equation of Peter's budget line. Next, to solve for y to write the budget line in its slope-intercept form,
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