Post Utme Osustech 2018 Economics Question 36

Practice objective / multiple choice question 36 from the 2018 Post Utme Osustech Economics examination.

Post Utme Osustech 2018 Economics Objective / Multiple Choice
Question 36 POST_UTME_OSUSTECH • 2018 • ECONOMICS • objective

Consider a consumer with a utility function U(x, y) = 2x^0.5y^0.5. If the consumer's budget constraint is given by 2x + 3y = 12, find the optimal values of x and y u\sing the method of Lagrange multipliers.

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. x = 2, y = 4
B. x = 4, y = 2
C. x = 3, y = 3
D. x = 1, y = 6
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
x = 2, y = 4

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This is Post Utme Osustech 2018 Economics Question 36. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 Post Utme Osustech Economics examination.

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