In the era of the Covid 19 pandemic, we are required to consume lots of fresh fruits. The satisfaction of a consumer in consuming two kinds of fruit, namely Apples (X) and Oranges (Y) is: U = X3 Y2 income or budget to buy the two fruits is Rp. 250,000, the price of apples IDR 75,000/fruit and the price of oranges is IDR 25,000/fruit. a. How many apples and oranges must be obtained in order to achieve optimum satisfaction b. Calculate the optimum satisfaction value that can be achieved
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PROBLEM 2.
25% PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL LAGRANGE OPTIMIZATION
In the era of the Covid 19 pandemic, we are required to consume lots of fresh fruits. The satisfaction of a consumer in consuming two kinds of fruit, namely Apples (X) and Oranges (Y) is: U = X3 Y2
income or budget to buy the two fruits is Rp. 250,000, the price of apples
IDR 75,000/fruit and the price of oranges is IDR 25,000/fruit.
a. How many apples and oranges must be obtained in order to achieve optimum satisfaction
b. Calculate the optimum satisfaction value that can be achieved
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