If Good 1 Is Measured on the Horizontal Axis and Good

question 35

True/False

If good 1 is measured on the horizontal axis and good 2 is measured on the vertical axis and if the price of good 1 is p₁ and the price of good 2 is p₂, then the slope of the budget line is -p₂/p₁.

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Definitions:

Elastic

A characteristic of a good or service that indicates its sensitivity to changes in price, with relatively large changes in quantity demanded or supplied in response to price changes.

Inelastic

Inelastic describes a situation where the demand or supply for a good or service is not significantly changed by variations in price.

Consumer Surplus

The difference between the maximum price a consumer is willing to pay for a good or service and the actual price they do pay.

Tax

A mandatory monetary contribution or different sort of tax levied on a taxpayer by a government entity to finance government expenditure and assorted public costs.