Harry consumes 2 goods, X and Y and he spends N$60 per month. The price of good X is N$4 and the price of good Y is N$10. Harry's utility function is U(X, Y) = XY. ) What is Harry's marginal rate of substitution? (5) (ii) What is the expression for Harry's budget constraint? (3) (iii) What is the slope of Harry's budget constraint? (2)

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