Assume that John’s utility function can be written as U(x,y) = quantities of two different goods. x + y, where x and y represent (a) What are the demand functions for x and y? Suppose that initially income is m=38, the price of x is px =1, and the price of y is py =4.Then px increases to 4. (b) Calculate the income and substitution effects for the price increase using the Slutsky decomposition (for both goods).\

Assume that John’s utility function can be written as U(x,y) = quantities of two different goods. x + y, where x and y represent (a) What are the demand functions for x and y? Suppose that initially income is m=38, the price of x is px =1, and the price of y is py =4.Then px increases to 4. (b) Calculate the income and substitution effects for the price increase using the Slutsky decomposition (for both goods).\

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