CS 14  Subject - Economics  Please show work/explain.   Robert’s utility function is U(x, y) = min{4x, 2x + y}. The price of x is $3 and the price of y is $1. Robert’s income offer curve is (draw diagram)   a. a ray from the origin with a slope of 2.   b. a line parallel to the x axis.   c. a line parallel to the y axis.   d. the same as his Engel curve for x.   e. none of the above.

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Please show work/explain.

 

Robert’s utility function is U(x, y) = min{4x, 2x + y}. The price of x is $3 and the price of y is $1. Robert’s income offer curve is (draw diagram)

 

a. a ray from the origin with a slope of 2.

 

b. a line parallel to the x axis.

 

c. a line parallel to the y axis.

 

d. the same as his Engel curve for x.

 

e. none of the above. 

 

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