Aahba's demand function for x is given by x(Px, P,m) = m . Her income is...
10 points/ You have unlimited attempts/There is no attempt penalty 03 Question (8 points) Aahba's demand function for is given by PP,m) See page 149 Her income is $3200 per month. The current price of zis 55 and the price of his $20. 1st attempt Part 1 (2 points) See Hint If the price of z falls to $4, then Aahba's demand for will change from units to Part 2 (2 points) See Hint If Aahba's income were to change...
Cindy consumes goods x & y. Her demand for x is given by x(px, m) = 0.05m -5.15px. Now her income is $419, the price of x is $3, and the price of y is $1. If the price of x rises to $4 and if we denote the overall change on her demand for x by Dx, income effect on her demand for x by Dl and the substitution effect on her demand for x by DS, then determine...
Assume that Sam has following utility function: U(x,y) = 2√x+y. Assume px = 1/5, py = 1 and her income I = 10. (e) Draw an optimal bundle which is the result of utility maximization under given budget set. (Hint: Assume interior solution). Define corresponding expenditure minimization problem (note the elements for expenditure minimization problem are (i) objective function, (ii) constraint, (iii) what to choose). (f)Describeaboutwhatthedualityproblemis. Definemarshalliandemandfuction andhicksiandemandfunction. (Hint: identifytheinputfactorsofthesefunctions.) (g) Consider a price increase for the good x from...
01 Question (4 points) See page 139 A consumer has a utility function given by u(x,y) - min(x, y). The price of an is $4, and the price of yis 54. The consumer has $4800 to spend on these two goods. In the questions below. give your answers to two decimal places 1st attempt Part 1 (2 points) See Hint The optimal bundle is units of and units of y Part 2 (2 points) See Hint Now suppose that the...
A consumer's utility is given by U (,y) = ry. Income is m and prices are given by pa and Py. (aFind the demand functions for x and y. (b) What is demand for each good if px = 2 and pu= 1 and income is m = 30? (c) If price of x fell to pc = 1, what is the consumer's new bundle? (d) How much of the response in the consumption of x is due to the...
05 Question (17 points) @ See page 149 Arlo is very health-conscious and consumes only two goods, rice cakes and quinoa. His utility function is ulr, q) = r2q, wherer is the number of packs of rice cakes he consumes and q is ounces of quinoa. The price of a pack of rice cakes is $5, and the price of an ounce of quinoa is $10.Arlo has $900 to spend this week on these two goods. Suppose that the price...
11 Question (17 points) See page 149 Arlo is very health-conscious and consumes only two goods, rice cakes and quinoa. His utility function is uír,q) = req, where r is the number of packs of rice cakes he consumes and q is ounces of quinoa. The price of a pack of rice cakes is $4, and the price of an ounce of quinoa is $8. Arlo has $720 to spend this week on these two goods. Suppose that the price...
06 Question (3 points) e See page 149 Douglas consumes two goods, x and y. His utility function is u(x, y) = (x + y. In the questions below, give your answers to two decimal places. 1st attempt Part 1 (1 point) See Hint Let the price of good x be $2 and the price of good y be $10. Furthermore, assume that Douglas has $360.00 to spend on these two goods. How much of good x does Douglas demand?...
Suppose a consumer’s utility function is given by U(X,Y) = X*Y. Also, the consumer has $180 to spend, and the price of X, PX = 4.50, and the price of Y, PY = 2 a. How much X and Y should the consumer purchase in order to maximize her utility? b. How much total utility does the consumer receive? c. Now suppose PX decreases to 2. What is the new bundle of X and Y that the consumer will demand?...
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8.6 (0) Douglas Cornfield's demand function for good z is z(Pa, Py, m) 2m/5pe. His income is $1,000, the price of a is 85, and the price of y is $20. If the price of a falls to $4, then his demand for z will change from to O. (a) If his income were to change at the same time so that he could exactly afford his old...