Suppose prices are Px = 2.5, Py = 5 and income is m = 215. The government taxes the consumer an extra $0.5 for each unit of xif she buys beyond 50 units. If the consumer spends all of her money on good x, how many goods x will the consumer get after tax (good x purchased after 50 units)?

Ray buys only hamburgers and bottles of root beer out of a weekly income of $100. He currently consumes 20 bottles of root beer per week, and his marginal utility of root beer is 6. The price of root beer is $2 per bottle. Currently, he also consumes 15 hamburgers per week, and his marginal utility of a hamburger is 8. Is Ray maximizing utility at his current consumption basket? If not, should he buy more hamburgers each week, or fewer?

1. Let Amy derive utility each from housing, h, and a consumer good, z, with the following utility function: 1/ U=h¾/3₂¾3 M Her Mashallian demand equations are the following: h= and z=- 3ph 2M 3p₂ Amy lives in a city where everyone works downtown. While her income is $160 per month, her commute cost (bus pass) costs her $40 per month, so she only has $120 to spend on h and z. (we assume no time cost of the commute) The consumer good, z, has a price of $1 and the price of her housing, h, is $2 per unit. a. What is her quantity demanded of h and z and what level of utility is she currently enjoying? She is considering moving to a location further from work to a house where her commuting cost would be $60 per month (so she will have $100 to spend on z and h). The market adjusts ph and housing sizes across the city so that utility is the same at every location around the city. b. What is the equation for the appropriate demand function for housing in this city? C. What the price of housing…