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Suppose a Consumer Has M = $200 to Spend on Two

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Suppose a consumer has M = $200 to spend on two goods, X and Y.If the per-unit prices of X and Y are respectively given by PX = $2 and PY = $4, then to maximize utility subject to a budget constraint can be solved by form which of the following Lagrangian?


A) ? = U(X,Y) + λ\lambda (200 - 2X - 4Y) .
B) ? = U(X,Y) + λ\lambda (200 - 2PX - 4PY) .
C) ? = (200 - 2X - 4Y) + λ\lambda U(X,Y) .
D) ? = U(X,Y) + λ\lambda (2X - 4Y + 200) .

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