Question

If a consumer is always indifferent between an additional one grapefruit or an additional two oranges, then when oranges are on the horizontal axis the indifference curves: Group of answer choices will be straight lines with a slope of 1/2. will be straight lines with a slope of -1. will be right angles whose corners occur on a ray from the origin with a slope of 2. none of these options is correct. will be straight lines with a slope of -1/2.

Answer 1

Answer: will be straight lines with a slope of -1/2.

Explanation:

An indifference curve simply means the combination of two goods that can give a consumer equal satisfaction, and this makes the consumer indifferent.

It should be noted that along the curve, the consumer will have an equal preference which is for the combinations of the goods that are shown.

If a consumer is always indifferent between an additional one grapefruit or an additional two oranges, then when oranges are on the horizontal axis, then the indifference curves will be straight lines with a slope of -1/2. Here, the fact that the slope is negative

is due to the fact that the curve is downward sloping.