On a Certain Island There Are Only Two Goods, Wheat

question 31

Multiple Choice

On a certain island there are only two goods, wheat and milk. The only scarce resource is land. There are 1,000 acres of land. An acre of land will produce either 8 units of milk or 15 units of wheat. Some citizens have lots of land; some have just a little bit. The citizens of the island all have utility functions of the form U(M, W) = MW. At every Pareto optimal allocation,

• A) every consumer's marginal rate of substitution between milk and wheat is -1.
• B) the number of units of milk produced equals the number of units of wheat produced.
• C) total milk production is 4,000 units.
• D) all citizens consume the same commodity bundle.
• E) None of the above is true at every Pareto optimal allocation.

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Definitions:

P(A ∪ B)

The likelihood that either event A or event B, or both, will happen.

P(A ∪ B)

The probability that either event A or event B, or both, occur.

P(A ∩ B)

The probability that both events A and B occur, also known as the probability of the intersection of A and B.

Six-Sided Die

A common type of dice that has six faces, typically numbered from 1 to 6, used in various games and probability experiments.