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4 marks, −1Microeconomics › Consumer preferences and utility › Perfect substitutes, complements and lexicographic preferencesModerateabout 1 min

CUET-PG 2024 Question 17: Consumer preferences and utility

Mr Tokai is very particular in how he makes his coffee. He is completely inflexible in that he can only take 1 teaspoon of coffee with 2 teaspoons of sugar. Any more coffee or sugar is discarded. Suppose you give him 9 teaspoons of coffee and 2 teaspoons of sugar. How many cups of coffee can he create from this?

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This question is on Perfect substitutes, complements and lexicographic preferences, part of Consumer preferences and utility in Microeconomics.

Preferences that give straight-line, L-shaped or dictionary-ordered indifference sets, and how they differ from standard ones.

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