Multiple Choice
Suppose that a consumer's preferences are well behaved in that properties 4-1 - 4-4 are satisfied and the initial budget constraint is given by 300 = 2X + 4Y.At the initial budget constraint, this consumer purchases 100 units of good X and 25 units of good Y.Suppose the price of X increases to $4 per unit resulting in a new consumption bundle consisting of 60 units of X and 15 units of Y.Then, slope of the inverse demand for good X over this consumption range is
A) 0.05.
B) -0.05.
C) -0.267.
D) -0.444.
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