Give examples by drawing a graph of each of the following. Please draw your graphs neatly using a ruler to draw the axes and label your graphs completely. In each case draw ar least three indiffer- ence curves and indicate clearly the direction of increasing prefer- ence. (i) the preferences being convex but not strictly convex. (ii) the preferences being strictly increasing but not convex.

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