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2 marks, −0.5Microeconomics › Budget constraint and consumer equilibrium › Budget set and budget lineEasyabout 1 min

JNU SSS 2015 Question 53: Budget constraint and consumer equilibrium

If units of good 1 are measured on the horizontal axis and its price is ppp per unit whereas units of good 2 are measured on the vertical axis and its price is qqq per unit, the slope of the budget line is then given by

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If units of good 1 are measured on the horizontal axis and its price is p per unit whereas units of good 2 are measured on the vertical axis and its price is q per unit, the slope of the budget line is then given by (A) p/q (B) -p/q (C) q/p (D) -q/p

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This question is on Budget set and budget line, part of Budget constraint and consumer equilibrium in Microeconomics.

Which bundles a consumer can afford, the slope of the budget line, and how income and price changes shift it.

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