-The figure above shows one of Bob's indifference curves for CDs and books.
a) Is the indifference curve steeper at point a or point b?
b) What is Bob's marginal rate of substitution at point a?
c) What is Bob's marginal rate of substitution at point b?
Definitions:
Quantity Purchased
The total amount of a good or service bought by consumers at a specific price level.
Income Elasticity of Demand
A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in consumers' income, holding everything else constant.
College Income
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Cross-Price Elasticity
A measure indicating how the demand for one product changes in response to a price change of another product.
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