Question

Consider a budget line drawn with avocados on the vertical axis and tangerines on the horizontal axis. The consumer's income is $100, the price of avocados is $5, and the price of tangerines is $10. Suppose the consumer's income falls to $75.00, but the prices stay the same. The change in income produces a: Group of answer choices parallel shift inward of the indifference curves. new budget line which is steeper than the original one. parallel shift inward of the budget line. new budget line which is flatter than the original one.

Answer 1

new budget line which is steeper than the original one.

Step-by-step explanation:

I drew the both budget lines in order to show the effect of the decrease in income.

The new budget line shifts inward and it is slightly more steep than the original budget line because the consumer can only purchase 7 tangerines, he cannot purchase 7.5. This slight difference makes the slope steeper. The total possible quantity of avocados diminished by 25%, while the total possible quantity of tangerines diminished by 30%.