Lisa can buy either whole chickens or chicken wings at her local supermarket. Her utility function over whole chickens and chicken wings is U(xc,Xw) = 2xc + Xw, where x, and xw are chickens and chicken wings, respectively. What is her demand function xc (pc, Pw, m) for chickens?

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