Business I / Utility Maximization
Practice question · Estimate

If income doubles from 100 to 200 while prices stay fixed, the budget line shifts outward. Estimate the new xx-intercept if px=5p_x = 5.

Estimate on a scale from 10 to 60.

Hints
  1. The intercept is income divided by that good's price.
  2. Doubling income doubles the intercept.
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40 (answers within ±3 count)

Why

New xx-intercept =M/px=200/5=40= M/p_x = 200/5 = 40. The old intercept was 20, it doubles, just like income.

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