JNU SSS 2012 Question 56: Budget constraint and consumer equilibrium
In a two-good world, there is an individual with income m=3 and utility function is given by u(x,y)=x0⋅5y0⋅5. The price of good x is 1 per unit and the price of good y is also 1 per unit.
If the individual can consume any non-negative amount of goods x and y, then the optimum consumption bundle is
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In a two-good world, there is an individual with income m = 3 and utility function is given by u(x, y) = x^(0· 5) y^(0· 5). The price of good x is 1 per unit and the price of good y is also 1 per unit. If the individual can consume any non-negative amount of goods x and y, then the optimum consumption bundle is (A) x = 1, y = 1 (B) x = 1·5, y = 1·5 (C) x = 2·5, y = 0·5 (D) x = 0, y = 3
Also written as: In a two-good world, there is an individual with income m = 3 and utility function is given by u(x, y) = x^(0* 5) y^(0* 5). The price of good x is 1 per unit and the price of good y is also 1 per unit. If the individual can consume any non-negative amount of goods x and y, then the optimum consumption bundle is
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This question is on Utility maximisation and the interior optimum, part of Budget constraint and consumer equilibrium in Microeconomics.
Choosing the best affordable bundle where an indifference curve is tangent to the budget line, including Cobb-Douglas demand.
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