One of Matt's favourite brands is offering a deal on its’ hooded jackets, which is sold...

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One of Matt's favourite brands is offering a deal on its’ hoodedjackets, which is sold at $100 a piece. The promotion claims thatyou can “get the second piece 50% off.” It means, if Matt buys ajacket for $100, he can buy the second jacket (of different colour)for 50% of the original tag price, $50. In addition, if Matt wantsa third jacket, he has to pay $100 again, but now he has theprivilege to purchase the fourth jacket for $50, etc. Assume theprice for Other goods is $50 and Matt has an income of $1,000 tospend on both the jackets and Other goods.”

Draw Matt's budget constraint with jackets on the horizontalaxis.

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The total income of Matt is 1000The price of other goods is 50If Matt spends all his income onother goods then he can purchase a maximum of 100050 20 unitsof other goodsMatt makes the purchase of hoodedjackets as wellThe    See Answer
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