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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
Professor
Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
Question 1
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You spend your entire budget on coffee and doughnuts. Each doughnut costs $2 and a cup of coffee costs $1.
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a) What is the slope of your budget constraint? Interpret it.
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Suppose, one of the following two things happen to you tomorrow:
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Situation 1: Someone steals the $20 in your pocket.
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Situation 2: You accidently drop 12 doughnuts, destroying the doughnuts, and you must replace them.
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b) Which of the above situations leaves you better off (with a larger feasible set). You can use a graph to explain.
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Question 2
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Sam has devised a method for rating movies. He is concerned about a movie’s story, acting and music. When given a choice between two movies, he will always prefer the one with a higher rating in two (or more) of the three criteria he considers. He has ranked three particular movies on a scale of 1 to 10 for story, acting and music as follows:
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     Story
    Acting
  Music
Movie A
         4
        6
      9
Movie B
         6
        9
      4
Movie C
         7
        5
      7
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Are his preferences transitive? Explain why or why not? Â Â
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