Zeus wanted to convey Mount Olympus to Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, and Athena in equal shares. On July 1, he saw Artemis, Aphrodite, and Athena and gave them their conveyance stating to Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, and Athena a 1/4 interest in Mount Olympus as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. On July 4, Zeus gave Ares his corresponding conveyance. Two months later, Ares died in battle, leaving two sons. The following month Athena transferred her share in Mount Olympus to Dionysos. How do Artemis, Aphrodite, Athena, and Ares hold title when Zeus conveyed them Mount Olympus?

3. saving two consumers, larry and jeff, have utility functions defined over the two periods of their lives: middle age (period zero) and retirement (period 1). they have the same income in period 0 of m dollars and they will not earn income in period 1. the interest rate they face is r. larry’s and jeff’s utility functions are as follow. = 0.5 + 0.5 and = 0.5 + 0.5 for each person is between zero and one and represents each consumer’s temporal discount econ 340: intermediate microeconomics. ben van kammen: purdue university. rate. a. write the budget constraint that applies to both jeff and larry in terms of consumption in each period and ), interest rate, and m. b. what is larry’s and what is jeff’s marginal rate of intertemporal substitution? c. what is the slope of the budget constraint? d. write each consumer’s condition for lifetime utility maximization. e. re-arrange the conditions from part (d) to solve for the ratio, . f. if > which consumer will save more of his middle age income? g. if > 1 1+ , in which period will larry consume more: = 0 or = 1?