12. Suppose that a typical household consumes two goods (good x and good y). The price of good x is $2 and the price of good y is $5. Initial income is given as $500. a) Derive the budget constraint of this individual. b) Draw the initial budget constraint. (good x on the horizontal axis and good y on the vertical axis) Specify the amounts of good x and good y on the axes. Show your work mathematically. c) What happens to the budget constraint if the price of good x increases to $4? Derive the new budget constraint and show it on the same graph.
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Step 1: The budget constraint is the set of all possible combinations of goods that a consumer can afford given their income and the prices of the goods. Show more…
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