(Consumption) Use the following data to answer the questions below: Consumption Real Disposable Income (billions) Expenditures (billions) Saving (billions) $100 $150 $ $200 $200 $300 $250 $400 $300 Graph the consumption function, with consumption spending on the vertical axis and disposable income on the horizontal axis. If the consumption function is a straight line, what is its slope? Fill in the saving column at each level of income. If the saving function is a straight line, what is its slope?
(Consumption) Use the following data to answer the questions below: Consumption Real Disposable Income (billions) Expenditures (billions) Saving (billions) $100 $150 $ $200 $200 $300 $250 $400 $300 Graph the consumption function, with consumption spending on the vertical axis and disposable income on the horizontal axis. If the consumption function is a straight line, what is its slope? Fill in the saving column at each level of income. If the saving function is a straight line, what is its slope?
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(Consumption) Use the following data to answer the questions below:
Consumption Real Disposable Income (billions) |
Expenditures (billions) |
Saving (billions) |
$100 |
$150 |
$ |
$200 |
$200 |
|
$300 |
$250 |
|
$400 |
$300 |
|
- Graph the consumption function, with consumption spending on the vertical axis and disposable income on the horizontal axis.
- If the consumption function is a straight line, what is its slope?
- Fill in the saving column at each level of income. If the saving function is a straight line, what is its slope?
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