Blackbeard's demand functions for grog, x₁, and bread, 2, are (if his income and the goods' prices are such that he buys positive quantities of both goods M+P+P and = 2P₁ M-P₁ P₂ 2p₂ x₁ (Aside: As an exercise, you can show that these are indeed the demand functions if Blackbeard's utility function is: U(x₁, x2) = (₁ - 1) (x₂ +1).) Starting from the situation where Blackbeard's income is M=9, the price of grog is p₁ = 2, and the price of bread is p2= 1, how does Blackbeard's optimal bundle change if the price of grog, p₁, increases by a small amount (and all else remains the same)? Blackbeard's consumption of ₁ decreases and his consumption of ₂ decreases Blackbeard's consumption of ₁ increases and his consumption of ₂ increases Blackbeard's consumption of an increases and his consumption of 2 decreases Blackbeard's consumption of ₁ decreases and his consumption of 2 increases

Blackbeard's demand functions for grog, x₁, and bread, 2, are (if his income and the goods' prices are such that he buys positive quantities of both goods M+P+P and = 2P₁ M-P₁ P₂ 2p₂ x₁ (Aside: As an exercise, you can show that these are indeed the demand functions if Blackbeard's utility function is: U(x₁, x2) = (₁ - 1) (x₂ +1).) Starting from the situation where Blackbeard's income is M=9, the price of grog is p₁ = 2, and the price of bread is p2= 1, how does Blackbeard's optimal bundle change if the price of grog, p₁, increases by a small amount (and all else remains the same)? Blackbeard's consumption of ₁ decreases and his consumption of ₂ decreases Blackbeard's consumption of ₁ increases and his consumption of ₂ increases Blackbeard's consumption of an increases and his consumption of 2 decreases Blackbeard's consumption of ₁ decreases and his consumption of 2 increases

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