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Theory Of Consumer Behaviour

Question
CBSEENEC12011943

Suppose a consumer wants to consume two goods which are available only in integer units. The two goods are equally priced and the consumer income is र 40.
Write down all the bundles that are available to the consumer.
Among the available bundles, identify those which cost her exactly र 40.

Solution

Let the price be र 10 each of good 1 and good 2. The bundles available to consumer are:

(i)    (0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (0, 3), (0, 4); (1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3); (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2); (3, 0), (3, 1), (4, 0).
These bundles are available because all the above bundles cost her र 40 or less.
(ii)    (0, 4), (1, 3), (2, 2), (3, 1), (4, 0) because all these bundles cost her exactly र 40.