Referring to the graph below (Figure 3) showing a consumer's initial budget line (labeled BO) and new budget line (labeled B1) for two goods, X and Y, and two different indifference curves (IC1-IC2). IC2 IC1 B0 81 Figure 3 Consider the shift in the budget line from B0 to B1. Which of the statements cannot explain the observed shift in the budget line? O a. The consumer's income doubled and the prices of both X and Y tripled. O b. The consumer's income increased and prices remained constant. The consumer's income decreased and prices remained constant. О с. O d. The consumer's income is unchanged and the prices of both X and Y increased. The consumer's income decreased by 25% and the prices of both X and Y decreased O e. by 5%.

Referring to the graph below (Figure 3) showing a consumer's initial budget line (labeled BO) and new budget line (labeled B1) for two goods, X and Y, and two different indifference curves (IC1-IC2). IC2 IC1 B0 81 Figure 3 Consider the shift in the budget line from B0 to B1. Which of the statements cannot explain the observed shift in the budget line? O a. The consumer's income doubled and the prices of both X and Y tripled. O b. The consumer's income increased and prices remained constant. The consumer's income decreased and prices remained constant. О с. O d. The consumer's income is unchanged and the prices of both X and Y increased. The consumer's income decreased by 25% and the prices of both X and Y decreased O e. by 5%.

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7. A consumer has preferences for coffee and pancakes that are complete, continuous, transitive, monotonic, and convex. At her current consumption bundle on the budget line, you could take away a maximum of 2 cups of coffee if you give her 5 extra pancakes without changing her utility. The price of a cup of coffee is $4, and the price of a pancake is $1. Assume you graph pancakes on the X-axis and coffee on the Y-axis. At the current consumption bundle, the bang per buck is higher for pancakes than coffee, and the consumer’s indifference curve is flatter than her budget line. a. True b. False Note:- Do not provide handwritten solution. Maintain accuracy and quality in your answer. Take care of plagiarism. Answer completely. You will get up vote for sure.
2. Sally consumes two goods, X and Y. Her utility function is given by the expression U = 3XY². The current market price for X is £10, while the market price for Y is £5. Sally's current income is £500. (a) Sketch a set of two indifference curves for Sally in her consumption of X and Y. (b) Write the expression for Sally's budget constraint. Graph the budget constraint and determine its slope. (c) Determine the X, Y combination which maximises Sally's utility, given her budget constraint. (d) Calculate the impact on Sally's optimum market basket of an increase in the price of X to $15. What will happen to her utility as a result of the price increase?
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Vinny consumes tacos and chicken wings. To keep his utility constant, he must consume more tacos if he consumes fewer chicken wings. This means that O Vinny's indifference curve for tacos and chicken wings must have a negative slope. Vinny's marginal utility from each good must be constant along his convex indifference curves for tacos and chicken wings. O the prices Vinny pays for tacos and chicken wings are always the same. O Vinny's marginal rate of substitution must be constant along his indifference curves for tacos and chicken wings.
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a. What is your marginal rate of substitution of $1 bills for $5 bills? b. Produce an indifference curve graph for your preferences over these two goods. Make sure you label your graph very carefully and precisely.
Suppose that the average consumer has $300, is only choosing between buying shoes (currently $60) and concert tickets (currently $30). Their indifference curves are given in the graph below. a.) To get the highest utility consistent with their budget, this person will buy ____ pairs of shoes and _____ concert tickets. b.) Instructions: On the graph below, use the "Budget Line" tool to indicate a budget line that corresponds to your answer in part a. Note:- Do not provide handwritten solution. Maintain accuracy and quality in your answer. Take care of plagiarism. Answer completely. You will get up vote for sure.
Why is the consumer’s MRS equal to the price ratio at the optimal consumption point? Givea graphical interpretation of this fact in XY space (hint: what do we know about the indifferencecurves and the budget line?).
8) A consumer has to choose the optimal amount of cheese and crackers to purchase. He or she has drawn his or her budget constraint (BC) and indifference curves on a graph with the amount of cheese (in ounces) on the horizontal axis and the amount of crackers (in packages) on the vertical axis. Which of the following statements is true if the price of cheese increases? The BC rotates such that it intersects the vertical axis at the same point as before and intersects the horizontal axis at a higher quantity of cheese. The BC shifts to the left (down). The BC rotates such that it intersects the vertical axis at the same point as before and intersects the horizontal axis at a lower quantity of cheese. The BC shifts to the right (up).
6. The figure below shows a consumer maximizing utility at two different prices (the left panel) and the consumer's demand for good X at the same two prices of good X (the right panel). The price of good Y is $4.50. When the price of X increases from point S to point R along the demand curve, the substitution effect of the price increase is and the income effect is Quantity of Y 60 48 B A 18 24 - Quantity of X Price of X 6 R S 24 Demand for X Quantity demanded of X Qa
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