Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781260507140
Author: David C. Colander
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Chapter 19, Problem 10QE
a)
To determine
The quantity of pizza and calzone that a consumer would buy.
b)
To determine
The change in the quantity of consumption due to an increase in the price of calzone to $10.
c)
To determine
Principle of rational choice and
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