Consider a consumer with wealth w who consumes two goods, which we shall call goods 1 and 2. Let the amount of good that the consumer consumes be x and the price of good / be pr. Suppose that the consumer's preferences are described by the utility function: a. Set up the utility maximization problem and write down the Lagrangian. b. Write down the first order necessary conditions for an interior maximum. c. Solve the first order conditions to obtain the Marshallian demand functions.

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Form Utility

The term utility in general refers to the satisfaction earned from usage of a particular product or service. Utility always plays an important role because it influences various important elements like demand & thereby the price of the good or service as well. Though utility is not easy to measure, various types of economic models can be used indirectly. There can be various types of utilities like economic utility, marginal utility, cardinal utility, form utility.