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- Define Economic utilityBecky needs to decide how many cups of coffee and pieces of cake she will buy for a meeting with an office mate. She estimates her total utility for different quantities of coffee and cakes below. A cup of coffee is $1.00, and each piece of cake is $0.50. Becky has a total of $3 to spend. What is Becky's total utility if she buys 1 cup of coffee and 4 pieces of cake? Cups of Coffee 1 2 3 4 5 6 Utility from Consumption Pieces of Cake 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D Total Utility from Cups of Coffee 33 56 79 Total Utility from Pieces of Cake 15 32 48 63 77 90 Total Utility of Different Consumption Bundles Consumption Bundle Cups of Coffee Pieces of Cake Total Utility 3 0 2 2 1 4 0 6Jackie has a budget of $36 per month to spend on snacks. She can spend this budget on bags of potato chips (C) and Hershey chocolate bars (H). Potato chips cost $4 per bag, while Hershey bars cost $1 per bar. The utility that Jackie receives from consuming potato chips and Hershey bars is represented by the following utility function: U=3C2 H. Given that Jackie seeks to maximize her utility, find the number of potato chip bags and Hershey chocolate bars that Jackie will purchase each month.
- How can one's choice of purchases/consumption be infuenced by utility or marginal utility?Consider a consumer that consumes 2 teaspoons of sugar with each cup of coffee. For each cup of coffee with sugar the consumer gains 10 utils. a)Write down the utility function that gives the total utility if the consumer consumes S teaspoons of sugar and C cups of coffee. The consumer has assigned £7 per week to be spent on drinking coffee with sugar. The current price of coffee is £0.50 per cup and each spoon of sugar costs £0.10. b)Calculate the optimal weekly consumption bundle for this consumer. c)Does the consumer view C and S as complements or substitutes?EXERCISE 6 If Ginna spends her entire budget, she could buy a chosen set of groceries and also buy 10 notebooks. If she spends only half of her budget, she could only buy a set of groceries and could not afford any notebooks. Suppose Ginna's budget is £150. Her preferences for groceries (G) and notebooks (N) can be described by the following utility function: U(G, N) = 30G + 2N (MUG = 30, MUN = 2). a) Find Ginna's optimal consumption bundle. Provide both algebraic and graphical solution. Explain your reasoning. b) Discuss how the price of a notebook should change for Ginna to change her optimal consumption choice. c) If the price of a notebook increases by 50%, how should the price of the groceries drop so that Ginna can be as well off as before this change in prices? d) Discuss the implications of the price change from c) on Ginna's optimal choice. In your discussion, include the analysis of the substitution and income effects as well as Ginna's demand for groceries and/or notebooks.
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