Marvin has a Cobb-Douglas utility function, U=91 0.5 0.5 his income is Y = $900, and initially he faces prices of p₁ = $1 and p₂ = $4. If p₁ increases from $1 to $2, what are his compensating variation (CV), change in consumer surplus (ACS), and equivalent variation (EV)? Marvin's compensating variation (CV) is $. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places and include a minu
Marvin has a Cobb-Douglas utility function, U=91 0.5 0.5 his income is Y = $900, and initially he faces prices of p₁ = $1 and p₂ = $4. If p₁ increases from $1 to $2, what are his compensating variation (CV), change in consumer surplus (ACS), and equivalent variation (EV)? Marvin's compensating variation (CV) is $. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places and include a minu
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![Marvin has a Cobb-Douglas utility function,
0.5 0.5
U= 91 92
his income is Y = $900, and initially he faces prices of p₁ = $1 and p2 = $4. If p₁ increases from $1 to $2, what are his
compensating variation (CV), change in consumer surplus (ACS), and equivalent variation (EV)?
Marvin's change in consumer surplus (ACS) is $
minus sign if necessary.)
Marvin's compensating variation (CV) is $. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places and include a minus
sign if necessary.)
(Enter your response rounded to two decimal places and include a
Marvin's equivalent variation (EV) is $. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places and include a minus sign
if necessary.)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F81e524e7-a990-45ce-ba26-8235918530e3%2Fe5279869-eb7a-467d-8577-96d91a276586%2Fc7rmmsm_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Marvin has a Cobb-Douglas utility function,
0.5 0.5
U= 91 92
his income is Y = $900, and initially he faces prices of p₁ = $1 and p2 = $4. If p₁ increases from $1 to $2, what are his
compensating variation (CV), change in consumer surplus (ACS), and equivalent variation (EV)?
Marvin's change in consumer surplus (ACS) is $
minus sign if necessary.)
Marvin's compensating variation (CV) is $. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places and include a minus
sign if necessary.)
(Enter your response rounded to two decimal places and include a
Marvin's equivalent variation (EV) is $. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places and include a minus sign
if necessary.)
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