i The total utility schedule of Sharon is given below for the number of shoes she consumes. a. Calculate Sharon’s marginal utility schedule.  b. Plot a graph of total and marginal utility.  c. What is the maximum number of shoes that Sharon will consume? Explain

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1 i The total utility schedule of Sharon is given below for the number of shoes she
consumes.
a. Calculate Sharon’s marginal utility schedule. 
b. Plot a graph of total and marginal utility. 
c. What is the maximum number of shoes that Sharon will consume?
Explain

ii.Assume that Mania has $1,200 per month to spend between dinners at a
Japanese restaurant and evenings at Cru, a local bar. Assume that going to Cru
costs $25 and eating at the restaurant costs $14.
a. Draw Mania’s budget constraint with restaurants on the horizontal axis.

b. Suppose Mania comes into some money and can now spend an extra
$200 per month. Draw her new budget constraint. 
c. Suppose the price of restaurants decrease to $12, while her income and
the price of Cru is unchanged. Illustrate what happens to her budget
line.  

Number of Shoes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Total Utility
100
200
275
325
350
360
360
355
Marginal Utility
Transcribed Image Text:Number of Shoes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Utility 100 200 275 325 350 360 360 355 Marginal Utility
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b (I). Suppose Mania comes into some money and can now spend an extra
$200 per month. Draw her new budget constraint. 
II. Suppose the price of restaurants decrease to $12, while her income and
the price of Cru is unchanged. Illustrate what happens to her budget
line.  

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