Consider Maxine, a graduate student, whose consumption choices are focused on three goods: instant ramen, books, and fruits and vegetables. Every week she buys 10 cups of instant ramen which cost $2 a cup, 5 pounds of fruits and vegetables at $6 a pound, and 2 books, at a price of $15 each. These purchases use up all the income she has allocated to them. The income elasticity of books is 2 and the income elasticity of fruits and vegetables is 3. What is the income elasticity of instant ramen?

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

answerindustrial revolution;

i have economics during second block which is easy to me. anyways, i think b.