Max chooses to purchase movie tickets and restaurant meals every week with his $100. If the price of a movie ticket is $20 and the price of a restaurant meal is $25, then the slope of his budget constraint will be, a) 1/5 b) -1/5 c) 4/5 d) -4/5   2) Marginal rate of substitution(MRS) is the rate at which consumer is willing to trade one good for another. It must be true that: a) MRS is the slope of an indifference curve in reference to a particular bundle of goods. b) MRS is not the same along an indifference curve that is of usual shape. c) MRS is same along an indifference

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1) Max chooses to purchase movie tickets and restaurant meals every week with his $100. If the price of a movie ticket is $20 and the price of a restaurant meal is $25, then the slope of his budget constraint will be,

a) 1/5
b) -1/5
c) 4/5
d) -4/5
 
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Marginal rate of substitution(MRS) is the rate at which consumer is willing to trade one good for another. It must be true that:

a) MRS is the slope of an indifference curve in reference to a particular bundle of goods.
b) MRS is not the same along an indifference curve that is of usual shape.
c) MRS is same along an indifference curve that is of usual shape.
d) Both a) and b).
 
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