Jack Sparrow and his wife consume wine (W) and books (B).Jack Sparrow's utility function is Ujack(W, B) = W. His wife's utility function is Uwife(W, B) = B. Jack'sendowment is 17 bottles of wine and 5 books and Jack's wife's endowment is 20 bottles of wine and14 books.In the Edgeworth box, Jack's consumption is measured from the lower left corner, and his wife's fromthe upper right corner of the box; the wine is on the horizontal axis and books are on the verticalaxis.Therefore, in an Edgeworth box for Jack and his wife, there is only one Pareto Optimal allocationthat is located in the top left corner of the box. True or False?Please submit 1 if True and O if False.

Jack Sparrow's utility function is UJack(W, B) = W. His wife's utility function is Uwife(W, B) = B. Jack endowment is 17 bottles of wine and 5 books and Jack's wife's endowment is 20 bottles of wine 14 books. In the Edgeworth box, Jack's consumption is measured from the lower left corner, and his wife's the upper right corner of the box; the wine is on the horizontal axis and books are on the vertica axis. Therefore, in an Edgeworth box for Jack and his wife, there is only one Pareto Optimal allocation that is located in the top left corner of the box. True or False? Please submit 1 if True and O if False.

Jack Sparrow's utility function is UJack(W, B) = W. His wife's utility function is Uwife(W, B) = B. Jack endowment is 17 bottles of wine and 5 books and Jack's wife's endowment is 20 bottles of wine 14 books. In the Edgeworth box, Jack's consumption is measured from the lower left corner, and his wife's the upper right corner of the box; the wine is on the horizontal axis and books are on the vertica axis. Therefore, in an Edgeworth box for Jack and his wife, there is only one Pareto Optimal allocation that is located in the top left corner of the box. True or False? Please submit 1 if True and O if False.

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