Eco09L3


  • 1
  • Mary has $10 to spend each week on coffee(Qc) and magazines (Qm). The price of a coffee is $1, and the price of a magazine is $2. Mary's budget equation is __________.

    Qm + Qc = 20
    Qm = 10 - Qc
    Qm = 5 - (1/2)Qc
    Qc = 10 - (1/2)Qm


  • 2
  • The figure shows Ronald's budget line. He has a weekly income of $15 and he spends it on hot dogs and hamburgers. The relative price of a hamburger is ____________.

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    $1.50
    30 hotdogs
    3 hotdogs
    1/3 hotdog


  • 3
  • The figure shows Ronald's budget line. He has a weekly income of $15, which he spends on hotdogs and hamburgers. Ronald's real income in terms of hamburgers ________________.

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    depends on the quantity of hotdogs consumed
    is 10 hamburgers
    is $1.50
    depends on the quantity of hamburgers consumed


  • 4
  • The figure shows Ronald's budget line. He has a weekly income of $15, which he spends on hotdogs and hamburgers. Now Ronald's income increases to $20 per week and the price of a hotdog doubles. Ronald's budget line becomes ___________ and ______________.

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    flatter; does not shift
    flatter; shifts rightward
    flatter; shifts rightward
    steeper; shifts rightward


  • 5
  • If two consumption points are not on the same indifference curve, then one point is _____________________.

    a substitute for the other point
    more expensive than the other
    unaffordable and the other is affordable
    preferred to the other


  • 6
  • The figure shows one of Sally's indifference curves and her budget line. At point a, Sally's marginal rate of substitution is ___________.


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    8/3
    3/8
    3/2
    2/3


  • 7
  • The figure shows Sally's budget line and one of her indifference curves. As Sally moves up along her indifference curve, her marginal rate of substitution _______________.

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    depends on her income
    decreases
    increases
    remains the same


  • 8
  • The figure illustrates Sally's budget line and her preferences. Point _______ is Sally's best affordable point, and Sally prefers point _______ to point _______.

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    e; c; b
    b; d; b
    b; a; b
    a; b; a


  • 9
  • The figure illustrates Sally's budget line and her preferences. At point _______, the marginal rate of substitution is equal to the relative price.

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    d
    e
    b
    c


  • 10
  • When the price of a normal good decreases, the ______ can be divided between the _________ , which keeps the best affordable point on the same indifference curve and the _______, which moves the best affordable point farther away from the origin.

    substitution effect; price effect; income effect
    price effect; income effect; substitution effect
    income effect; substitution effect; price effect
    price effect; substitution effect; income effect


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