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Please show work and steps 4. Melissa\'s utility function is U min (L, E 2, 2T)

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Question

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4. Melissa's utility function is U min (L, E 2, 2T) where Lare lattes, E are eggs, and Tis toast. She is on a diet, and her calorie constraint for breakfast is Cbar J600 calories. Supposelattes have 300 calories, eggs have 100 calories, and toast also has 100 calories per serving. a. What type of utility function is this? Are these good complements, substitutes, or perfect substitutes? b. If she has to eat only whole servings, what will she have for breakfast, andhow many calories will she consume? If she can eat partial servings, how would your answer differ?

Explanation / Answer

a) this is isoelastic utility function.


theses goods are perfect substitutes


b) if she has to eat whole serving

then she will have one latte two eggs and one toast


if she can eat partial then she will have


6 eggs