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Chapter 2: 26 (page 44)

Draw Marie’s budget constraint with pies on the horizontal axis and magazines on the vertical axis. What is the slope of the budget constraint?

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The slope of the budget constraint is -3.

Step by step solution

01

Graph

From the previous question maximum number of magazines and pies, she could buy this week is 6 and 2 respectively.

Price of each magazine and pie is $4and$12 respectively.

02

Apply the formula

m=y2-y1x2-x1

m=6-00-2m=-3

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