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Doritos is facing competition from Casey's chips. How many bags of each type of chip will Josh buy? His budget constraint each week for chips

Doritos is facing competition from Casey's chips.

  1. How many bags of each type of chip will Josh buy? His budget constraint each week for chips is $8. Please show all work and in your words explain how you came to this answer. (How do you determine the utility maximizing combination?)

Josh-Doritos $2

TU

1 Bag

100

2 Bags

180

3 Bags

240

4 Bags

280

5 Bags

290

6 Bags

300

Josh-Casey's $1

TU

1 Bag

30

2 Bags

60

3 Bags

80

4 Bags

90

5 Bags

95

6 Bags

90

  1. What if the price of the Casey's chips goes up to $2? How many of each will he buy?

  1. Draw Josh's demand curve for Casey's chips.

  1. If Jake will buy 4 bags of Casey's chips when the price is $1 and 3 bags when the price is $2, and Lauren will buy 1 bag at $1 but none at $2, draw the market demand curve for Josh, Jake, and Lauren:

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