Sketch a typical downward sloping demand curve for bagels. Whatmust be true for Bill to purchase additional bagels?Since the marginal utility of the bagel is less than the first, pricewill need to decrease to induce him to buy the additional bagels.Since the marginal utility of the second bagel is greater than thefirst, price will need to decrease to induce him to buy theadditional bagels.Since the marginal utility of the second bagel is equal to the first,price will need to decrease to induce him to buy the additionalbagels.Bill will not purchase additional bagels.

Optimal condition Marginal Utility = Price Bill will purchase additional bagels only when marginal…

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Praxilla, who lived in ancient Greece, derives utility from reading poems and from eating cucumbers. Praxilla gets 30 units of marginal utility from her first poem 27 units of marginal utility from her second poem 24 units of marginal utility from her third poem, and so on, with marginal utility declining by three units for each additional poem. Praxilla gets six units of marginal utility for each of her next three cucumbers consumed, five units of marginal utility for each of her next three cucumbers consumed, four units of marginal utility for each of the following three cucumbers consumed, and so on, with marginal utility declining by one for every three cucumber consumed. A poem costs three bronze coins hut a cucumber costs only one bronze coin. Praxilla has 18 bronze coins. Sketch Praxillas budget set between poems and cucumbers, placing poems on the vertical axis and cucumbers on the horizontal axis. Start off with the choice of zero poems and 18 cucumbers, and calculate the changes in marginal utility of moving along the budget line to the next choice of one poem and 15 cucumbers. Using this step-by-step process based on marginal utility, create a table and identify Praxillas utilityâ€”maximizing choice. Compare the marginal utility of the two goods and the relative prices at the optimal choice to see if the expected relationship holds. Hint: Label the table columns: 1) Choice, 2} Marginal Gain from More Poems, 3) Marginal Loss from Fewer Cucumbers, 4) Overall Gain or Loss, 5) Is the previous choice Optimal? Label the table rows: 1) 0 Poems and 18 Cucumbers, 2) 1 Poem and 15 cucumbers, 3) 2 Poems and 12 cucumbers, 4) 3 Poems and 9 Cucumbers, 5) 4 Poems and 6 cucumbers 6) 5 Poems and 3 Cucumbers, 7) 6 Poems and 0 Cucumbers.
Jeremy is deeply in love with Jasmine. Jasmine lives where cell phone coverage is poor, so he can either call her on the land-line phone for five cents per minute or he can drive to see her, at a roundâ€”trip cost of 2 in gasoline money. He has a total of 10 per week to spend on staying in touch. To make his preferred choice, Jeremy uses a handy utilimometer that measures his total utility from personal visits and from phone minutes. Using the values in Table 6.6, figure out the points 011 Jeremys consumption choice budget constraint (it may be helpful to do a sketch) and identify his utility-maximizing point.
As a college student you work at a part-time job, but your parents also send you a monthly allowance. Suppose one month your parents forgot to send the check. Show graphically how your budget constraint is affected. Assuming you only buy normal goods, what would happen to your purchases of goods?
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Suppose the price of Xylophones is $3 and the price of Yoyos is $7. Robin's marginal utility of Xylophones is 15 and the marginal utility of Yoyos is 21. In order to maximize utility, Robin should O Buy fewer Xylophones and fewer Yoyos O Buy fewer Xylophones and more Yoyos Buy fewer Yoyos and more Xylophones Continue to buy the same number of Xylophones and Yoyos.
A consumer’s preferences between goods x and y are representedby the utility function u(x, y) = 2min{x, y}+10. Suppose this consumer hasincome of $16, the price of good x is $3 and the price of good y is $1. Suppose the price of good x increases to $7 while the price of good y andthe consumer’s income stay constant. Calculate the magnitudes of the compensating and the equivalent variations. Explain what each measures.
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Which among the following is not true?Select one:a. None of the answers are correctb. When marginal utility declines, a higher price is needed to induce the consumer tobuy more of a particular productc. When marginal utility declines, a lower price is needed to induce the consumer tobuy more of a particular productd. All the answers are correcte. Utility maximizing rule and the demand curve are logically consistent

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