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Sherry loves sandwiches and lemonade. Her utility functions is U (s, l) = min{s2+
2l2, 2s2+l2}, where s is her consumption of sandwiches and l is her consumption
of cups of lemonade.
a. Draw Sherry indifference curve along which her utility is 300
b. How many sandwiches and cups of lemonade Sherry will consume if she
has $20 and price of a sandwich and a cup of lemonade are $2 and $4,
respectively.

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Utility function : U (s, l) = min{s2 +2L2 , 2s2 +L2 },

Optimal consumption point for a consumer is achieved at the point where  the indifference curve and budget constraint are tangential to each other .

 

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