Refer to the following diagram which reflects Sam's tradeoffs of income and leisure:$240Income$192015 16 1724Leisure a. Considering the two budget lines in the diagram, if Sam's optimal number of hours worked is sevenhours, then what is the wage rate?b. Sam has non-wage income of how much?c. If Sam's wage rate falls, as illustrated in the diagram, then which is stronger: the income effect or thesubstitution effect? How do we know?

A worker's wage rate is the amount they are paid for each hour they work. For instance, salaries may…

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Refer to the following diagram which reflects Sam's tradeoffs of income and leisure: $240 Income $192 0 15 16 17 24 Leisure

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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