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Ivy Claims That If a Consumer Is Maximizing Utility and Happens

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Ivy claims that if a consumer is maximizing utility and happens to be purchasing equal quantities of good X and good Y, the MRSXY must equal 1. Prove this claim incorrect by drawing an appropriate budget constraint and indifference curve.


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