Principles of Microeconomics
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Chapter 21, Problem 9PA
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The budget constraints of the individual.
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Bessie, who can currently work as many hours as she wants at a wage of w, chooses to work 10
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Bessie's budget constraint L is illustrated in the figure to the right.
For completing the following, assume the indifference curves satisfy the usual assumptions.
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suppose you have a fixed income of $3000 per month and you want to allocate your budget between two products: X and Y. Let's say the price of good x is $10 per unit, and the price of good y is $20 per unit. What is the budget constraint? Draw it on a graph and label the intercepts and the slope.
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Principles of Microeconomics
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