If Good $x$ Is Measured Along the Horizontal Axis and Good $y$

question 41

Multiple Choice

If good $x$ is measured along the horizontal axis and good $y$ is measured along the vertical axis, then the slope of the budget constraint can be expressed as which of the following?

• A) \(- \frac { P _ { x } } { P _ { y } }\)
• B) \(- \frac { I } { P _ { y } }\)
• C) \(- \frac { l } { P _ { x } }\)
• D) \(- \frac { P _ { y } } { P _ { x } }\)

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