Tonya, Who Is Rich, and Jerome, Who Is Poorer, Both

question 64

Multiple Choice

Tonya, who is rich, and Jerome, who is poorer, both buy orange juice and croissants for lunch at the student cafeteria. Their budget constraints on a diagram with orange juice on the vertical axis and croissants on the horizontal have the same

• A) horizontal intercepts.
• B) midpoints.
• C) vertical intercepts.
• D) slopes.

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