Given the data in the below table, income of $13, a price of $1 for a gallon of gasoline and $2.00 for a pizza. (MU is marginal utility) Quantity of Gasoline MU of Gasoline MU of Gasoline per dollar Quantity of Pizza MU of Pizza MU of Pizza per dollar 1 35 35 1 30 15 2 25 - 2 18 - 3 16 - 3 17 - 4 10 - 4 10 - 5 5 - 5 8 - 6 4 - 6 7 -   a. Complete the table b. choose the quantity of gasoline and the quantity of pizza that will maximize the consumer's total utility. c. what is the marginal utility per dollar spent on the fifth hamburger?

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Given the data in the below table, income of $13, a price of $1 for a gallon of gasoline and $2.00 for a pizza. (MU is marginal utility)

Quantity

of Gasoline

MU of

Gasoline

MU of Gasoline

per dollar

Quantity of

Pizza

MU of

Pizza

MU of Pizza

per dollar

1

35

35

1

30

15

2

25

-

2

18

-

3

16

-

3

17

-

4

10

-

4

10

-

5

5

-

5

8

-

6

4

-

6

7

-

 

a. Complete the table

b. choose the quantity of gasoline and the quantity of pizza that will maximize the consumer's total utility.

c. what is the marginal utility per dollar spent on the fifth hamburger?

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