What is the value of the lagrange multiplier

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Suppose that a consumer has an income of $24and a utility function given by: U = 2*log(x) + log(y). The priceof x is $2 and the price of y is $2.

A) Write down the Lagrangean for this consumer's maximizationproblem. (Use "L" to denote the Lagrangean function and "m" todenote the Lagrange multiplier.)

B) What is the optimal consumption level of x?

C) What is the value of the Lagrange multiplier (m) at the optimal consumption bundle?

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