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Please help me solve this HW (b - continued) Select Barbara and Arslan's best response functions (BRFs). Select one: O a. uA = (1 -

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(b - continued) Select Barbara and Arslan's best response functions (BRFs). Select one: O a. uA = (1 - eB)e4 - 1(e4)2 UB = (1 - ef)eB - 1(eB)2 O beA = 1 - eB eB = 1 - ed O ceA = 3 - 3eB eB = 3 - 3eA O d. ef = e B =(32 points) Two mushroom hunters (Arslan and Barbara) go mushroom-hunting in the same wood (a common pool resource) and have the following utility functions, in which y is output (number of mushrooms obtained) and e is effort (time spent mushroom-hunting in the wood per day). Aslan's utility: uf = y4 (e4)2 (1) Barbara's utility: ub = yB - (eB) 2 6 (2) The number of mushrooms they catch (y) depends on their hunting effort (the number of hours spent mushroom-hunting per day), according to the following production functions: Arslan's catch: yA = (1 -eB)e4 (3) Barbara's catch: y = (1 - ed)eB

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