Question:
Monica has been considering buying a mountain bike. Last month Monica had an income of $30,000. The bike's price was $1000, the composite good price was $1, and she decided not to buy the bike. This month Monica was surprised to get a $10,000 increase in income. The prices of the bike and the composite good are the same, but now Monica decides to buy the bike. Draw a budget line and indifference curves to illustrate this situation. Be sure to label you diagram completely.
Solution:
Income, m = $30,000, Pb = $1000, Pc = $1
Where, Pb = price of bike.
Pc = price of composite goods
Therefore, Budget equation is:
c + Pb b = 30000
- c = 30000 - Pb b
- c = 30000 - 1000b
Therefore, putting c on vertical axis, the slope is -1000
Also, vertical intercept = 30000/1 = 30000
Horizontal intercept = 30000/1000 = 30
The new income = $40,000
Therefore, Budget equation is:
c + Pb b = 40000
- c = 40000 - Pb b
- c = 40000 - 1000b
Therefore, putting c on vertical axis, the slope is -1000
Also, vertical intercept = 40000/1 = 40000
Horizontal intercept = 40000/1000 = 40