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Subject: MicroeconomicsSheldon need 2 hours to cook a meal and 1 hour to finish a basket of laundry.Leonard need 1.5 hours to cook a meal and 1.5 hours to finish a basket of laundry.1.3. Suppose each person has 12 hours for the two tasks in a week, and suppose Sheldon and Leonardeach spend 6 hours on cooking and 6 hours on laundry. If they can trade meals at a price of 0.75(baskets for each meal), are they willing to trade one meal (for 0.75 baskets of laundry)? Hint: you needto specify how they would adjust their time between the two tasks if they are going to trade one meal,and compare to the case without trade. Assume a person is willing to trade only when he would end upwith no fewer meals and no fewer baskets. (7 points)1.4. Consider the setup in 1.3. Consider an offer from Leonard to Sheldon: cook x meals for me eachweek, and I’ll do y baskets of laundry for you, where x and y do not need to be integers. Can you findsuch an offer and a production plan such that the offer benefits both? Hint: For a production plan, youneed to specify how each person divides his 12 hours between the two tasks. The offer benefits Sheldon(or Leonard) when it results in no fewer meals and no fewer baskets for him. (7 points 0

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Subject: MicroeconomicsSheldon need 2 hours to cook a meal and 1 hour to finish a basket of laundry.Leonard need 1.5 hours to cook a meal and 1.5 hours to finish a basket of laundry.1.3. Suppose each person has 12 hours for the two tasks in a week, and suppose Sheldon and Leonardeach spend 6 hours on cooking and 6 hours on laundry. If they can trade meals at a price of 0.75(baskets for each meal), are they willing to trade one meal (for 0.75 baskets of laundry)? Hint: you needto specify how they would adjust their time between the two tasks if they are going to trade one meal,and compare to the case without trade. Assume a person is willing to trade only when he would end upwith no fewer meals and no fewer baskets. (7 points)1.4. Consider the setup in 1.3. Consider an offer from Leonard to Sheldon: cook x meals for me eachweek, and I’ll do y baskets of laundry for you, where x and y do not need to be integers. Can you findsuch an offer and a production plan such that the offer benefits both? Hint: For a production plan, youneed to specify how each person divides his 12 hours between the two tasks. The offer benefits Sheldon(or Leonard) when it results in no fewer meals and no fewer baskets for him. (7 points 0

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Solution

1.3.

First, let's calculate how many meals and baskets each person can produce in 6 hours.

Sheldon can cook 3 meals (6 hours / 2 hours per meal) and finish 6 baskets of laundry (6 hours / 1 hour per basket).

Leonard can cook 4 meals (6 hours / 1.5 hours per meal) and finish 4 baskets of laundry (6 hours / 1.5 hours per basket).

If they trade one meal for 0.75 baskets of laundry, Sheldon would be giving up 1 meal and gaining 0.75 baskets, while Leonard would be giving up 0.75 baskets and gaining 1 meal.

Sheldon would then have 2 meals and 6.75 baskets, while Leonard would have 5 meals and 3.25 baskets.

Since both Sheldon and Leonard end up with no fewer meals and no fewer baskets, they would be willing to trade one meal for 0.75 baskets of laundry.

1.4.

Let's consider an offer where Leonard cooks 1 meal for Sheldon and Sheldon does 1.5 baskets of laundry for Leonard.

If they agree to this trade, Sheldon would spend 5 hours cooking (producing 2.5 meals) and 7 hours doing laundry (producing 7 baskets). Leonard would spend 7.5 hours cooking (producing 5 meals) and 4.5 hours doing laundry (producing 3 baskets).

After the trade, Sheldon would have 3.5 meals (2.5 meals + 1 meal from Leonard) and 5.5 baskets (7 baskets - 1.5 baskets for Leonard), while Leonard would have 4 meals (5 meals - 1 meal for Sheldon) and 4.5 baskets (3 baskets + 1.5 baskets from Sheldon).

Since both Sheldon and Leonard end up with no fewer meals and no fewer baskets, this offer and production plan would benefit both.

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