Given the following utility function: and marginal utilities: A consumer facing the following prices: chooses to consume Assume that graphically good X is on the horizontal axis and good Y is on the Given this consumption bundle, the marginal rate of substitution is equal to - Given this value, the consumer should consume U = 2X + 2Y MU, -2, MU, = 2 P, = $2, P, -5 15 units of good X and 19 units of good Y. vertical axis. (Round your answer to two decimal places. Note that the minus sign is already included.). in order to maximize his/her utility.

Given the following utility function: and marginal utilities: A consumer facing the following prices: chooses to consume Assume that graphically good X is on the horizontal axis and good Y is on the Given this consumption bundle, the marginal rate of substitution is equal to - Given this value, the consumer should consume U = 2X + 2Y MU, -2, MU, = 2 P, = $2, P, -5 15 units of good X and 19 units of good Y. vertical axis. (Round your answer to two decimal places. Note that the minus sign is already included.). in order to maximize his/her utility.

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