Jeans utility function is U(x, y) x  y 2  y.If we draw her indifference curves with x on the horizontal axis and y on the vertical axis, then these indifference curves are everywhere downward sloping and get flatter as one moves from left to right.

Indifference Curves

A graphical representation of different bundles of goods between which a consumer is indifferent, showing the same level of satisfaction or utility for each point on the curve.

Downward Sloping

A characteristic of a graph or curve that shows a decrease in one variable as the other variable increases, often related to demand curves in economics.