How does the budget line change if the consumer’s income increases to Rs 40 but the prices remain unchanged?
The budget line will be expressed as
4X + 5Y = 40
As income has increased so the consumer can purchase more of both the commodities and the budget line will shift parallelly outwards to A’B’ from AB
The slope of new budget line will be
- 4/5 = X/Y
X/Y = - 0.8