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प्रश्न
What do you mean by the budget set of a consumer?
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उत्तर
It refers to the set of consumption bundles that are available to or affordable by the consumer; while being aware of his/her income-level and the existing market prices.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Define budget set.
Explain the meaning of Budget line.
A consumer buys 200 units of a good at a price of Rs 20 per unit. Price elasticity of deamnd is (–) 2. At what price will he be willing to purchase 300 units? Calculate.
Write a budget line equation of a consumer if the two goods purchased by the consumer, Good X and Good Y are priced at Rs 10 and Rs 5 respectively and the consumer's income is Rs 100.
Find Consumption Expenditure from the following:
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National Income |
= Rs 5,000 |
|
Autonomous Consumption |
= Rs 1,000 |
|
Marginal propensity to consume |
= 0.80 |
What is a budget line?
A consumer wants to consume two goods. The prices of the two goods are Rs 4 and Rs 5 respectively. The consumer’s income is Rs 20.
Write down the equation of the budget line.
A consumer wants to consume two goods. The prices of the two goods are Rs 4 and Rs 5 respectively. The consumer’s income is Rs 20.
How much of good 1 can the consumer consume if he/she spends his/her entire income on that good?
A consumer wants to consume two goods. The prices of the two goods are Rs 4 and Rs 5 respectively. The consumer’s income is Rs 20.
How much of good 2 can be consumed if he/she spends his/her entire income on that good?
A consumer wants to consume two goods. The prices of the two goods are Rs 4 and Rs 5 respectively. The consumer’s income is Rs 20.
What is the slope of the budget line?
How does the budget line change if the price of good 2 decreases by a rupee but the price of good 1 and the consumer’s income remain unchanged?
What happens to the budget set if the prices as well as the income double?
Suppose a consumer whose budget is ₹ 500, wants to consume only two goods, Good X and Good Y. The goods are respectively priced at ₹ 50 and ₹ 25.
Answer the following questions on the basis of the given information:
(a) State the budget equation of the consumer.
(b) What is the slope of the budget line?
(c) How many units can she purchase if she spends the entire ₹ 500 on Good X?
(d) How many units can she purchase if she spends the entire ₹ 500 on Good Y, given that the price of good Y has doubled?
Answer the following question:
What is the budget line? Why the budget line is left to right downward sloping?
