Dudley Transport Company divides its operations into four divisions. A recent income statement for its West Division follows. DUDLEY TRANSPORT COMPANY West Division Income Statement for Year 3 Revenue $ 300,000 Salaries for drivers (210,000 ) Fuel expenses (30,000 ) Insurance (42,000 ) Division-level facility-sustaining costs (24,000 ) Companywide facility-sustaining costs (78,000 ) Net loss $ (84,000 ) Required By how much would companywide income increase or decrease if West Division is eliminated

David consumes two things: gasoline (g) and bread (b). david's utility function is u(g, b) = 10g^0.25 b^0.75. use the lagrange technique to solve for david's optimal choices of gasoline and bread as a function of the price of gasoline, p_g, the price of bread, p_b, and his income m. with recent decrease in the price of gasoline (maybe due to external shock such as shale gas production) does david increase his consumption of gasoline? for david, how does partial differential g/partial differential p_g depend on his income m? that is, how does david's change in gasoline consumption due to an increase in the price of gasoline depend on his income level? to answer these questions, find the cross-partial derivative, |partial differential^2 g/partial differential m partial differential p_g.