How much moneywould lolita be willing to payto avoid having


Lolita, an intelligent and charming Holstein cow, consumes onlytwo goods, cow feed (made of ground corn and oats) and hay. Her
preferences are represented bythe utilityfunction U(x, y) = x-x2/2+y,
where x is her consumption of cow feed and y is her consumption of hay. Lolita has been instructed in the mysteries of budgets and optimization and always maximizes her utility subject to her budget constraint. Lolita has an income of $m that she is allowed to spend as she wishes on cow feed and hay. The price of hay is always $1, and the price of cow feed will be denoted by p, where 0 < p ≤ 1.
How much moneywould Lolita be willing to payto avoid having the price of cow feed rise to $1? . This amount is known as the
_________ variation.
(f) Suppose that the price of cow feed rose to $1. How much extra money would you have to pay Lolita to make her as well-off as she was at the old prices? . This amount is known as the ____________ variation

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