Post Utme Uniport 2017 Economics Question 21

Practice objective / multiple choice question 21 from the 2017 Post Utme Uniport Economics examination.

Post Utme Uniport 2017 Economics Objective / Multiple Choice
Question 21 POST_UTME_UNIPORT • 2017 • ECONOMICS • objective

Consider a consumer with a utility function U(x,y) = 2x + 3y - x^2 - y^2. If the consumer's income is ₦1000 and the prices of x and y are ₦5 and ₦3 respectively, find the optimal bundle of x and y u\sing the Lagrange method.

Answer Options

A. x = 20, y = 10
Correct Answer B. x = 15, y = 15
C. x = 10, y = 20
D. x = 5, y = 25
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
x = 15, y = 15

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This is Post Utme Uniport 2017 Economics Question 21. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Post Utme Uniport Economics examination.

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