A consumer's budget line for food (F) and shelter (S) is represented as F = 250 - 5S. If this consumer's income increases by $10 and consumption of shelter remains unchanged, how many more units of shelter can be purchased at most?
A) 10
B) 20
C) 50
D) 2
A
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A) less than the marginal benefit that he receives from drinking the second cu
Consumer surplus is the area
A) below the demand curve and above the market price. B) below the supply curve and above the market price. C) above the demand curve and below the market price. D) above the supply curve and below the market price. E) below the demand curve and above the supply curve.
The present value of $475 received 3 years in the future would be calculated as which of the following when the interest rate is 6 percent?
A) 475 × 1.6 × 3 B) 475/(1.6)3 C) 475/(1.06)3 D) 3.06/475
Which of the following is not true about income quintiles?
a. Only one in seven households in the bottom quintile has anybody working full time b. Only one in three households in the top quintile has anybody working at all c. A primary contributor to the smaller share of income going to the bottom quintile has been the growth of single-parent households d. Three out of four households in the top quintile have two or more working e. A primary contributor to the larger share of income going to the top quintile has been the growth of two-earner households