Let Utility be given by U(x, y) = x2y2 With a budget contraint pxx + pyy = y Let px = 10 Let py = 2 y = 100 A) Walk through the optimization process and identify the optimal choice for this consumer in both x and y (Hint: the MUx = 2xy2 and MUy = 2x2y How much utility is this consumer receiving by consuming the optimal level of x and y? Use your answer in part b,the information from this problem, and excel to draw the budget constraint and the indifference curve at the optimal choice of x and y.
Let Utility be given by U(x, y) = x2y2 With a budget contraint pxx + pyy = y Let px = 10 Let py = 2 y = 100 A) Walk through the optimization process and identify the optimal choice for this consumer in both x and y (Hint: the MUx = 2xy2 and MUy = 2x2y How much utility is this consumer receiving by consuming the optimal level of x and y? Use your answer in part b,the information from this problem, and excel to draw the budget constraint and the indifference curve at the optimal choice of x and y.
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Let Utility be given by U(x, y) = x2y2
With a budget contraint pxx + pyy = y
Let px = 10
Let py = 2
y = 100
- A) Walk through the optimization process and identify the optimal choice for this consumer in both x and y (Hint: the MUx = 2xy2 and MUy = 2x2y
- How much utility is this consumer receiving by consuming the optimal level of x and y?
- Use your answer in part b,the information from this problem, and excel to draw the budget constraint and the indifference curve at the optimal choice of x and y.
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