costumer equilibrium by drawing a budget constraint and an indifference curve.

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Use a well labeled diagram and illustrate the costumer equilibrium by drawing a budget constraint and an indifference curve. There will be amount of goods X on the x-axis and amount of good Y on the y-axis. Then decrease the price of good X and illustrate the effect of a decrease in the price of good X by dividing the total effect into substitution effect and income effect considering that good X is an inferior good. Explain the meaning of the income and substitution effects of a price change. 

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