10 Suppose Lan's utility function is U₁(x,y) =x₁6y₁¹0 and Dan's utility function is U₁(x,y)=xD³y5, where x; and y₁ den respectively the amount of good X and of good Y consumed by person i, i=L, D. A total of 44 of each good is available and it is to be divided efficiently between Lan and Dan. How many units of should Lan get if we give Dan 14 units of good Y such that the allocation is efficient? Enter the value of this amou good X below.
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- Julio loves gardening. His favourite plants are tulips and hydrangeas. His utility function is ' u(t,h)= t +100h -h^2 where t is the number of tulipsin his garden and h is the number of hydrangeas in his garden. suppose he has a 500 square feet for his garden. each tulip takes up 1 square foot of space and each hydrangeas takes up 4 square feet. he gets both plants for free.If he wanted to maximize his utility, how many tulips should he plant, what about hydrangeas? b) if his yard was only 144 square feet, how many tulips would he plant? How many hydrangeas? C) In order to plant both tulips and hydrangeas, how big does his garden need to be. carfeully explain.Kate’s utility function includes coffee (c) and sugar (s). She only consumes coffee and sugar together, and she only consumes in the ratio of one unit (cup) of coffee with two units (spoons) of sugar. Her utility function is What is her marginal utility of sugar if she has 4 cups of coffee and 6 spoons of sugar? Remember that unit are infinitely divisible (you can have parts of units). (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) ½ (d) 2Rafe is optimally choosing to consume 6 apples and 3 bananas. The prices of apples and bananas are p. = 7 and pb - 7. Which of the following utility functions over quantities of apples (a) and bananas (b) could represent Rafe's preferences? = u(a, b)-a4/5 61/5 Ou(a, b) = a¹/5 64/5 Ou(a, b)-a2/3 b1/3 Ou(a, b)-a¹/3 2/3
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