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Assume the economy is closed and there is no government. The aggregate demand components are described below:C = 100 + 0.6Y (1)I = 200 (2)There is a boost in investment making total investment now 300. What would happen if the marginal propensity to consume increases to 0.8? What is the consumption of equilibrium?

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Assume the economy is closed and there is no government. The aggregate demand components are described below:C = 100 + 0.6Y (1)I = 200 (2)There is a boost in investment making total investment now 300. What would happen if the marginal propensity to consume increases to 0.8? What is the consumption of equilibrium?

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In a closed economy with no government, the aggregate demand (AD) is the sum of consumption (C) and investment (I). The initial equations are:

C = 100 + 0.6Y (1) I = 200 (2)

The aggregate demand (AD) is therefore AD = C + I = Y.

Substituting the equations (1) and (2) into the AD equation, we get:

Y = 100 + 0.6Y + 200 0.4Y = 300 Y = 750

This is the initial equilibrium level of income.

Now, investment increases to 300 and the marginal propensity to consume increases to 0.8. The new equations are:

C = 100 + 0.8Y (3) I = 300 (4)

Substituting the equations (3) and (4) into the AD equation, we get:

Y = 100 + 0.8Y + 300 0.2Y = 400 Y = 2000

This is the new equilibrium level of income.

The consumption at equilibrium is calculated by substituting Y = 2000 into equation (3):

C = 100 + 0.8*2000 C = 100 + 1600 C = 1700

So, the consumption at equilibrium is 1700.

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