Consumer C is currently spending all of their income and consuming at a point where MRSab = -2. Prices in the economy are pa = 3 and Pb = 3. Given this information, we know that C values good [Select] relatively more than the market does, and thus should [Select] [Select] their consumption of good b.

Consumer C is currently spending all of their income and consuming at a point where MRSab = -2. Prices in the economy are pa = 3 and Pb = 3. Given this information, we know that C values good [Select] relatively more than the market does, and thus should [Select] [Select] their consumption of good b.

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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