Complete each of the following problems showing ALL your work. Answer the following questions Qelated to the utility function: U(x, y) = 0.5x0.40.6 a. Is MRSx,y diminishing, constant, or increasing as the consumer substitutes more x for y along an indifference curve? Explain. b. On a graph with x on the horizontal axis and y on the vertical axis, draw the indifference curves for U1 and U2 where U2 has a higher value than U1.

Complete each of the following problems showing ALL your work. Answer the following questions Qelated to the utility function: U(x, y) = 0.5x0.40.6 a. Is MRSx,y diminishing, constant, or increasing as the consumer substitutes more x for y along an indifference curve? Explain. b. On a graph with x on the horizontal axis and y on the vertical axis, draw the indifference curves for U1 and U2 where U2 has a higher value than U1.

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