3) For Nour doughnuts and muffins are perfect substitutes. Doughnuts are £4 a box and muffins are £3 a box. The boxes hold equal numbers. Nour has budgeted £48 a month to spend on these sweets. Which of the following is correct? (a) Nour will buy 12 boxes of doughnuts and no muffins per month. (b) Nour will buy 6 boxes of doughnuts and 8 boxes of muffins per month. (c) Nour will buy no doughnuts and 16 boxes of muffins per month. (d) From this information it cannot be determined how many muffins or doughnuts Nour will buy because the marginal utilities for muffins and doughnuts are not given.

3) For Nour doughnuts and muffins are perfect substitutes. Doughnuts are £4 a box and muffins are £3 a box. The boxes hold equal numbers. Nour has budgeted £48 a month to spend on these sweets. Which of the following is correct? (a) Nour will buy 12 boxes of doughnuts and no muffins per month. (b) Nour will buy 6 boxes of doughnuts and 8 boxes of muffins per month. (c) Nour will buy no doughnuts and 16 boxes of muffins per month. (d) From this information it cannot be determined how many muffins or doughnuts Nour will buy because the marginal utilities for muffins and doughnuts are not given.

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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ISBN:9780190931919

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Publisher:NEWNAN

Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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