Mark is in front of an automatic soft drink machine. The machine needs specific money and does not give change. You need 2 coins of 50 cents and 1 of 20 cents. No other combination gives a soft drink. Draw some indifference curves to the coins Mark holds to consume soft drinks.  A. If he has 2 coins of 50 cents and 1 of 20 cents he will get a soft drink. If he has 4 coins of 50 cents and 2 of 20 cents, how many soft drinks will he get?  B. Draw in red the area where Mark is indifferent to the combination of 2 coins of 50 cents and 1 of 20 cents. Draw in blue the area where Mark is indifferent to the combination of 4 coins of 50 cents and 2 of 20 cents.  C. Does it have curved preferences between 50 cent and 20 cent coins?

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Mark is in front of an automatic soft drink machine. The machine needs specific money and does not give change. You need 2 coins of 50 cents and 1 of 20 cents. No other combination gives a soft drink. Draw some indifference curves to the coins Mark holds to consume soft drinks.

 A. If he has 2 coins of 50 cents and 1 of 20 cents he will get a soft drink. If he has 4 coins of 50 cents and 2 of 20 cents, how many soft drinks will he get?

 B. Draw in red the area where Mark is indifferent to the combination of 2 coins of 50 cents and 1 of 20 cents. Draw in blue the area where Mark is indifferent to the combination of 4 coins of 50 cents and 2 of 20 cents.

 C. Does it have curved preferences between 50 cent and 20 cent coins?

 D. Does Mark always prefer more than both coins?

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