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Two individuals, A\mathrm { A } and B\mathrm { B } , consume two goods, xx and yy . Consumer A\mathrm { A } initially has 3 units of xx and 2 units of yy . Consumer B initially has 5 units of xx and 6 units of yy . Also, for Consumer A the MRSx,yA=5x3yM R S _ { x , y } ^ { A } = \frac { 5 x } { 3 y } and for Consumer B\mathrm { B } the MRSx,yB=3xyM R S _ { x , y } ^ { B } = \frac { 3 x } { y } . Does this initial allocation of xx and yy represent an efficient allocation?


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