Paul consumes only books and DVDS. At his current consumption bundle, his marginal utility from DVDS is 13 and from books is 5. Each DVD costs $10, and each book costs $2. Is he maximizing his utility? Explain. Let MUR be the marginal utility of books, MU, be the marginal utility from DVDS, P, be the price of books, Pp be the price of DVDS, and MRS be the marginal rate of substitution. Paul is MUB MUD O A. maximizing his utility because PB PD MUB O B. maximizing his utility because MRS = MUD MUB MUD OC. not maximizing his utility because PB Pp MUB MUD O D. maximizing his utility because Рв Pp MUB O E. not maximizing his utility because MRS > MUD
Paul consumes only books and DVDS. At his current consumption bundle, his marginal utility from DVDS is 13 and from books is 5. Each DVD costs $10, and each book costs $2. Is he maximizing his utility? Explain. Let MUR be the marginal utility of books, MU, be the marginal utility from DVDS, P, be the price of books, Pp be the price of DVDS, and MRS be the marginal rate of substitution. Paul is MUB MUD O A. maximizing his utility because PB PD MUB O B. maximizing his utility because MRS = MUD MUB MUD OC. not maximizing his utility because PB Pp MUB MUD O D. maximizing his utility because Рв Pp MUB O E. not maximizing his utility because MRS > MUD
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Transcribed Image Text:Paul consumes only books and DVDS. At his current consumption bundle, his marginal utility from DVDS is 13 and from books is 5. Each DVD costs $10, and each book costs $2. Is he maximizing his utility?
Explain.
Let MUB be the marginal utility of books, MUD be the marginal utility from DVDS, P3 be the price of books, Pp be the price of DVDS, and MRS be the marginal rate of substitution.
Paul is
MUB MUD
O A. maximizing his utility because
>
Рв
PD
MUB
B. maximizing his utility because MRS =
MUD
MUB
O C. not maximizing his utility because
MUD
PB
PD
MUB MUD
D. maximizing his utility because
PB
PD
MUB
O E. not maximizing his utility because MRS >
MUD

Transcribed Image Text:If he is not, how can he increase his utility while keeping his total expenditure constant?
Paul could increase utility while keeping total expenditures constant by consuming more
and fewer
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