Economy, asked by ratanchakraborty41, 8 months ago

a consumer consumes only two goods X and Y marginal utility of x and y are 16 and 5 respectively the prices of X and Y is rupees 7 per unit and rupees 19 per unit respectively is the customer in equilibrium what will be the for the reaction of the customer explain​

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Answered by sashragavi
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Answer:

According to the utility approach, a consumer reaches equilibrium where the following equality is met.

  P  

      x

​______  

MU  

      x

​  

=      P  

            y

​__________  

    MU  

            y

According to the given question:

    P  

         x

​_______  

    MU  

          x

​  

 

​ =  4 /5

​  

=1.25

P  

y

​  

 

MU  

   y

​  

  =  5 /4

​  

=0.8

Since,  

            P  

                 x

________

 

           MU  

                  x

​  

 

​  

 is greater that  

             P  

                    y

_____________

             MU  

                     y  

 

​   .

Thus, the consumer is not in equilibrium. In order to reach the equilibrium, a rational consumer would increase the consumption of good X and decrease that of good Y.

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