On a Typical Optimal Choice Diagram, with Budget Lines and Indifference

question 94

Multiple Choice

On a typical optimal choice diagram, with budget lines and indifference curves, the line that connects the consumer's optimal baskets as the price of one good changes holding income and the price of the other good constant is called the consumer's:

• A)income-consumption curve.
• B)price-consumption curve.
• C)demand curve.
• D)Engel curve.

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