Ricky has utility function u=x?y. This implies that MUx=2xy. MUy=x². His income is 100. The price of y is 10. (a) Find his demand for x at price 20. (b) Find his demand for x at price 30. (c) Write down his demand function for x: that is, write down his demand for x as a function of the price of x.

Ricky has utility function u=x?y. This implies that MUx=2xy. MUy=x². His income is 100. The price of y is 10. (a) Find his demand for x at price 20. (b) Find his demand for x at price 30. (c) Write down his demand function for x: that is, write down his demand for x as a function of the price of x.

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