| Question | Akio consumes two goods, books and sweaters. His income is $24, the price of a sweater is $4, and the price of a book is $2. a. Suppose Akio’s parents give him $8 for his birthday. Draw Akio’s budget set. b. Now suppose Akio’s parents had given him two sweaters for his birthday instead of giving him $8. Akio is a very polite young man and would never return a gift that his parents had given him. Draw Akio’s budget set. c. Based on your answers to parts a and b, is it possible that Akio would prefer a gift of $8 to a gift of two sweaters? He would prefer a gift of two sweaters to a gift of $8? He would be indifferent between a gift of $8 and a gift of two sweaters? |
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| Subject | business economics |
