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A-LevelEconomicsConsumer Behaviour and Utility TheoryMay/June 2019Paper 3 Q61 Mark

A consumer spends all of their income on two goods, Y and X, and is at position E. The price of X falls and the price of Y remains constant. The graph shows indifference curves and budget lines which are used to determine the price, income and substitution effects that are related to this price change.

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About This A-Level Economics Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) May/June 2019 examination, Paper 3 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Consumer Behaviour and Utility Theory and is worth 1 mark.

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