5. Suppose the market for good X consists of 1,000 consumers, each of whom has the (identical) individual demand curve s
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5. Suppose the market for good X consists of 1,000 consumers, each of whom has the (identical) individual demand curve shown below. If the government imposes a binding price floor of $2/unit on the market for X, how much X will be sold in the entire market? $/unit 3 2 1 10 20 30 units of X 1 a) 10 units b) 10,000 unit c) 20 units d) 20,000 units e) The amount is indeterminate. 6. Bijou, whose pronouns are they/them/theirs, spends their entire income on two goods, X and Y, and has "standard-looking" indifference curves. When the price of X doubles while their income and the price of Y stay unchanged, they consume less X but more Y. Given this information, which of the following statements cannot possibly be true? a) Y is an inferior good. b) X is an inferior good. c) The substitution effect dominates the income effect for Y. d) The income effect dominates the substitution effect for Y. e) They consume more X and more Y on the substitution effect.