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9 June, 14:01

Faruq spends all of his income on tacos and milkshakes. His income is $100, the price of tacos is $10, and the price of milkshakes is $2. Put tacos on the horizontal axis and milkshakes on the vertical axis. The horizontal intercept for Faruq's budget line is

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  1. 9 June, 14:27
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    The correct answer is 10.

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Faruq spends all of his income ($100) on tacos and milkshakes.

    Price of tacos is $10, and the price of milkshakes is $2.

    Let Faruq buy x number of tacos (horizontal axis) and y number of milkshakes (vertical axis).

    Total expenditure of Faruq is given by 10 * x + 2 * y.

    Since Faruq does not save anything, therefore his expenditure is equal to his income.

    Thus his budget line is given by 10 * x + 2 * y = 100.

    To calculate the horizontal intercept for Faruq's budget line we consider y = 0, i. e. we want to calculate how many tacos Faruq would buy when he does not buy any amount of milkshakes.

    Thus taking y = 0, we get

    10 * x = 100

    ⇒ x = 10

    Thus the horizontal intercept for Faruq's budget line is 10.
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