Consider Snackistan, a hypothetical country that produces only burgers. In 2017, a burger is priced at $4.00. Complete the first row of the table with the quantity of burgers that can be bought with $700. Hint: In this problem, assume it is not possible to buy a fraction of a burger, and always round down to the nearest whole burger. For example, if your calculations result in 1.5 burgers, the answer should be 1 burger. Year Price of a Burger (dollars) Burgers Bought with $700 (Quanity) 2017 4.00 2018 Suppose the government of Snackistan cannot raise sufficient tax revenue to pay its debts. In order to meet its debt obligations, the government prints money. As a result, the money supply rises by 20% by 2018. Assuming monetary neutrality holds, complete the second row of the table with the new price of a burger and the new quantity of burgers that can be bought with $700 in 2018.

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Consider Snackistan, a hypothetical country that produces only burgers. In 2017, a burger is priced at $4.00.
 
Complete the first row of the table with the quantity of burgers that can be bought with $700.
 
Hint: In this problem, assume it is not possible to buy a fraction of a burger, and always round down to the nearest whole burger. For example, if your calculations result in 1.5 burgers, the answer should be 1 burger.
Year
Price of a Burger
(dollars)
Burgers Bought with $700
(Quanity)
   
2017 4.00  
 
2018
 
 
 
Suppose the government of Snackistan cannot raise sufficient tax revenue to pay its debts. In order to meet its debt obligations, the government prints money. As a result, the money supply rises by 20% by 2018.
 
 
Assuming monetary neutrality holds, complete the second row of the table with the new price of a burger and the new quantity of burgers that can be bought with $700 in 2018.
 
 
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