Each day Paul, who is in third grade, eats lunch at school. He likes only Twinkies (t)
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Each day Paul, who is in third grade, eats lunch at school. He likes only Twinkies (t) and soda (s), and these provide him a utility of
a. If Twinkies cost $0.10 each and soda costs $0.25 per cup, how should Paul spend the $1 his mother gives him to maximize his utility?
b. If the school tries to discourage Twinkie consumption by increasing the price to $0.40, by how much will Paul’s mother have to increase his lunch allowance to provide him with the same level of utility he received in part (a)?
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Intermediate Microeconomics and Its Application
ISBN: 978-0324599107
11th edition
Authors: walter nicholson, christopher snyder
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