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(a) R must be the greatest of all three, as this is his daily
budget. Lunch price, L should be the highest price for lunch, i.e.
at Noon, at all other times it will be L-t. Hence R>L>t
(b) If lunch taken at noon, he pays L. Hence, he is left with
R-L
(c) If two hours after noon, he has R- (L-2) left i.e. (R-L) +
2
(d) One hour before noon: R- (L-1) = (R-L) + 1
(e) A V- shaped graph, with the minimum point at time: Noon an
money = R-L
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