PTUAL AND COMPUTATIONALQUESTIONSnect11. A consumer has $300 to spend on goods X and Y. The market prices of these two goodsare P,= $15 and P, = $5. (L02)a. What is the market rate of substitution between goods X and Y?b. Illustrate the consumer's opportunity set in a carefully labeled diagram.c. Show how the consumer's opportunity set changes if income increases by $300. Howdoes the $300 increase in income alter the market rate of substitution between goodsX and Y?

Market rate of substitution refers to the rate at which two goods can be exchanged in a market place…

consumer has $300 to spend on goods X and Y. The market prices of these two goods re P, = $15 and P, = $5. (L02) What is the market rate of substitution between goods X and Y? Illustrate the consumer's opportunity set in a carefully labeled diagram. Show how the consumer's opportunity set changes if income increases by $300. How does the $300 increase in income alter the market rate of substitution between goods X and Y?

consumer has $300 to spend on goods X and Y. The market prices of these two goods re P, = $15 and P, = $5. (L02) What is the market rate of substitution between goods X and Y? Illustrate the consumer's opportunity set in a carefully labeled diagram. Show how the consumer's opportunity set changes if income increases by $300. How does the $300 increase in income alter the market rate of substitution between goods X and Y?

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