A consumer's budget line for food (F) and shelter (S) is represented as F = 250 - 5S. If the price of shelter increases by 2 and consumption of shelter remains constant at 20, how will consumption of food change?
A) decrease by 10
B) decrease by 20
C) decrease by 40
D) decrease by 60
C
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Kedran is indifferent between option A, which gives her $10,000 for sure, and option B, which gives her $5,000 with probability 0.4 or $15,000 with probability 0.6. Kedran's cost of risk for option B is
A) zero. B) $1,000. C) $5,000. D) $10,000.
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The following equations represent the demand and supply for bird feeders
QD = 35 - P QS = -5 + 3P What is the equilibrium price (P) and quantity (Q - in thousands) of bird feeders? A) P = $35; Q = 20 thousand B) P = $5; Q = 30 thousand C) P = $10; Q = 25 thousand D) P = $20; Q = 20 thousand
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