Suppose that you have an income of $20 to spend on sticky hands and gumballs. Both cost $1.00. Solve for the budget constraint, using gumballs as your x variable. Graph the budget constraint. Draw an indifference curve such that the optimal consumption bundle is 10 gumballs and 10 sticky hands.

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