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CBSE 2014 Class 12 Economics Delhi Set-3
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Question : 4 of 5
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Calculate marginal propensity to consume from the following data about an economy which is in equilibrium : National Income Autonomous consumption expenditure Investment expenditure
Solution:
We know that in equilibrium, where, I is investment expenditure, given as 300 is national income, given as 1500 and, . here, is autonomous consumption expenditure, given as is marginal propensity to consume. Thus, putting the values in the equation, we have . or, or, Thus, marginal propensity to consume is 0.6 .
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