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Plotting Initial Endowment Points

How to plot initial endowment points on a edgeworth box graph?

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How do you plot the following initial endowment on a edgeworth box
graph?

Do the utility functions come into play in any way?

XA = (0, 4), XB = (4, 2), UA = 2X1 + X2, UB = X1+2X2

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