Consider a consumer with preferences over newspapers

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Consider a consumer with preferences over newspapers (x) and books (y) that can be represented by the quasilinear utility function u(x,y)=x+2sqrt(y)

Solve for the consumer's demand functions for newspapers and books as a function of the price of newspapers px, the prices of books py, and her income M.

Sketch the Engel curves for both newspapers and books

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