Assume the consumer is correctly applying the rational spending rule (consumer equilibrium) for goods X and Z and he is at consumer equilibrium. If the price of X falls, then the marginal rate of substitution of X (in absolute value) will __ and the consumption in X will consumer equilibrium holding all other factors unchanged. Group of answer choices -_at the new increase; increase decrease; decrease decrease; increase increase; decrease
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- Pareto eliminated psychology from economics:a. by defining utility as ordinal, not cardinal utilityb. searching for secondary qualities of thingsc. defined rationality as consumer behavior only after they have bought something several timesd. by accepting revealed preference.With a high stress job that oversees the public health of a nation, Tony loves to eatpomegranate (qm) and spinach (qs), both rich in anti-oxidants, to keep him healthy.Suppose his preferences for the two goods can be captured by the utility functionU(qm, qs) = (qm)^1/3(qs)^2/33 . Explain whether each of the following statements is true orfalse.(a) Tony weakly prefers (27, 1) to (3, 3).(b) Tony likes (27, 1) at least as much as (3, 3).(c) Tony strictly prefers (27, 1) to (3, 3).(d) Tony is indifferent between (27, 1) and (3, 3).(e) Tony weakly prefers (9, 1) to (3, 3).(f) Tony weakly prefers (3, 3) to (9, 1).A consumer has GH¢600 to spend on two commodities, A and B. Commodity A costs GH¢20 per unit and Commodity B costs GH¢30 per unit. Suppose that the utility derived by the consumer from x units of Commodity A, and y Commodity B is given by the Cobb-Douglas utility functionU (x, y) = 10x0.6y0.4a. How many units of each commodity should the consumer buy tomaximize utility?b. Is the budget constraint binding?
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- For the case of two goods, give an example of a utility function U(x1, x2) that represents the preferences of a consumer who regards the two goods as perfect complements. Next, take the transformation f(U) = U³ of the your example utility function and explain if this newly gener ated function represents the original preferences. Further, provide clear arguments supporting or rejecting the claim that "f(U(x1, x2)) must be strongly increasing in (x1, x2)."Please show all working so I can understand the process. Mrs. Griffiths earns $5000 a week and spends her entire income on dresses and handbags, since these are the only two items that provide her utility. Furthermore, Mrs. griffiths insists that for every dress she must also buy a handbag. i. What is the algebraic equation for mrs. Griffiths budget constraint if dresses cost $25 each and handbags cost $14 each? how many of each good will she buy and represent this on a budget line with handbags on the horizontal axis. ii. Draw an indifference curve showing the optimum choice. label the optimum as point A. What would be the marginal rate of substitution at the point that corresponds to the optimal consumption choice? Interpret the marginal rate of substitution.True or false Law of diminishing margnal utility law states that utility derived from each successive consumption will keep falling.