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Question 2 [20 marks] This question refers to a hypothetical social drinker -called Carlota- who goes to a pub every evening. It is assumed that

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Question 2 [20 marks] This question refers to a hypothetical social drinker -called Carlota- who goes to a pub every evening. It is assumed that she is willing to select her weekly consumption of two products beer [ Jr? )and wine { Y ] so as to maximize her satisfaction. Carlota has not been able to describe her utility function U: U 'ny. with a specific formula, but after carefully introspectionr she has been able to draw three indifference curves {shown in Figure 1] on which to base her choice of x [number of glasses of beer per week) and y [number of glasses of wine per week}. Figure 1 Carlota needs to sort out what happens with her satisfaction in two different situations. Situation 1 Last week Carlota spent 510000 on social drinking in a North Wollongong pub where she paid 54.00 for each glass of beer and S 0.00 for each glass of wine

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