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- (A) The unit in which the utility is calculated is ________ (B) Utility measures __________ of the consumerPROBLEM (2) A consumer has utility u(x,y) X y This time, I give you the marginal utilities (don't expect it in the midterm!) MUx = over bundles of food (x) and clothing (y). 1 and MUY x² (a) Does the consumer always prefer more food to less? (b) Does she exhibit diminishing marginal utility for food? (c) Does she exhibit diminishing MRS? (d) If she is indifferent between the bundles A = ( = = The more food she has, does she value food less relative to clothing? (That is, she is willing to give up fewer units of clothing for an additional unit of food) Circle: YES / NO Are her indifference curves bowed towards the origin? Circle: YES / NO ¹) and B = (¹,x), calculate x. , 3 4 1 y² (e) Does she value food -relative to clothing- the same at bundle A and B ? If not, at which bundle does she value food (relative to clothing) more? (f) Why should we not be worried about the fact that the utility function here always takes "negative values"? (g) (wait for the next class for us to cover utility…While deriving consumer's equilibrium, what is given? (a) Income of the consumer (b) Price of the commodities (c) Both income and price (d) None of the above Qy|
- qty per week Marginal Utility of songs Marginal Utility of Cookies 1 15 25 13 20 3 12 16 4 11 13 10 11 6. 9 10 7 8. 7 8. 6. 7 10 Above is the utility of Sara for song and cookie consumption. If the price of a song is $2 and the price of a cookie is $1, how many cookies and songs will sara consumer? Why?Lee has calculated her marginal utility from buying pizza slices and soda (shown on the table in the worksheet) and wants to use these data to decide how to rationally spend the money she has. The price of pizza is $2.00 and the price of soda is $2.00 question 9 (a) given these prices and your worksheet calculations, what is the first product lee will buy? (b) would lee ever buy four slides of pizza? Why/why not? question 10Given the data in your worksheet, how many pizza slices and sodas lee should buy to maximize her total utility if she rationally spends her budget of 10.00? question 11 when the price of pizza changes, lee's MU/$P changes. If the price of pizza decreases to $1.50 and her budget decreases to $7.50, how many pzza slices and sodas lee should buy to maximize her total utility?ADDED DISCUSSION WITH QUESTIONS TOPIC: MARGINAL UTILITY 5 6 7 No. of Pieces Total Utility (Q) 1 2 3 4 (TU) 150 225 250 220 8 9 10 11 Marginal Utility is calculated using the formula given below 12 Marginal Utility (TU-TU)/(Q-Q) 13 14 D For 1 Piece For 2 Piece For 3d Piece (86-0)/(A6-0) -(87-86)/(A7-A6) 150 75 (88-87)/(AS-A7) 25 Marginal 15 Utility Formula 16 Marginal Utility 17 For 1st Piece of the Cake Marginal Utility1 = (150-0)/(1-0) Marginal Utility1 = 150 For 4th Piece (89-88)/(AS-AS) -30 For 2nd Piece of the Cake Marginal Utility2=(225-150)/(2-1) Marginal Utility2 = 75 For 3rd Piece of the Cake Marginal Utility3 = (250-225)/(3-2) Marginal Utility3 = 25 For 4th Piece of the Cake Marginal Utility4 = (220-250) / (4-3) Marginal Utility4 = -30 Therefore, here we can see how the marginal utility of a piece of cake declines after the consumption of the previous one. Here, the highest utility is reached at the consumption of the 3rd piece, beyond whichthe total declined. This is a…
- Total utility (utils) 0 80 120 148 160 155 Quantity consumed per day 0 1 2 3 4 5 As shown in Exhibit above, the marginal utility for the second unit consumed isThe table below shows the total utility from consuming different amounts of Grapefruits. Use the information below to calculate the Marginal Utility for each quantity. Quantity Total Utility 0 0 2 8 10 48 % 116 132 138 Marginal Utility 9-through 6. Elapsed time (in minutes) 30 60 90 120 150 Total utility of playing video games 20 45 63 78 83 Answer here 1 Total utility of swimming 40 22666 72 76 76 Jenny spends an average of $3 each hour she plays video games. What is her marginal utility per dollar for the second half hour?
- 9)----------- is the addition to total utility by the consumption of one additional unit of the commodity. A) Total utility B) Ordinal utility C) Average utility D) Marginal utilityElapsed time (in minutes) 30 60 90 120 150 Total utility of playing video games 20 45 63 78 83 Total utility of swimming 40 62 72 76 76 Jenny spends an average of $3 each hour she plays video games. What is her marginal utility per dollar for the second half hour?TABLE 6-3 Chocolate Bars Hot Chocolate Quantity Total Utility Quantity Total Utility 0. 0. 1 15 1 25 30 35 3. 40 3 43 4 48 4 46 55 48 Refer to Table 6-3. The table shows Moira's total utility from each chocolate bar and cup of hot chocolate that she consumes. Which cup of hot chocolate has the highest marginal utility? the first the second the fourth the fifth