Heather and Jeremiah both enjoy sunflower butter (s) and jelly (j) sandwiches, but they have varying preferences regarding the optimal ratio of the two. Heather prefers her sandwiches to have 6 spoonfuls of sunflower butter for every 3 scoops of jelly, whereas Jeremiah prefers 3 scoops of sunflower butter for every 5 scoops of jelly. They both would prefer as many sandwiches as possible, but derive no utility from sandwiches without their preferred ratio of s and j. A) Write down a utilit
Heather and Jeremiah both enjoy sunflower butter (s) and jelly (j) sandwiches, but they have varying preferences regarding the optimal ratio of the two. Heather prefers her sandwiches to have 6 spoonfuls of sunflower butter for every 3 scoops of jelly, whereas Jeremiah prefers 3 scoops of sunflower butter for every 5 scoops of jelly. They both would prefer as many sandwiches as possible, but derive no utility from sandwiches without their preferred ratio of s and j.
A) Write down a utility function for both Heather and Jeremiah regarding consumption of s and j (U(s,j))
B) On the same graph, draw a set of indifference
C) In addition to s and j, Heather and Jeremiah now need bread, b, to make sandwiches. Heather prefers to separate her sunflower butter and jelly and therefore uses 3 slices of bread per sandwich. Write down Heather’s utility function Uh(s,j,b) as a function of the three inputs.
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