Foundations of Economics (8th Edition)
Foundations of Economics (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134486819
Author: Robin Bade, Michael Parkin
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 7IAPA
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Whether Mr. A spends $30 in buying the given goods and services, whether Mr. A maximizes his utility and the commodity that should be bought more by Mr. A.

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The table below represents how Marco feels about chocolate candy bars. a. Fill in the missing values for total utility and marginal utility. Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number. Chocolate Candy Bars and Marco's Utility Chocolate Candy Total Utility Bars (utils) 0 0 1 27 2 3 4 5 6 (Click to select) 60 ♦ 76 Marginal Utility (utils) 27 19 Suppose Marco currently has two candy bars. You tell Marco you will give him either a soda, which gives him 28 utils of happiness, or two additional candy bars. b. Which is he likely to prefer? 6 1
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The table shows Jerry's total utility from lottery tickets and candy bars. The price of a lottery ticket is $2, the price of a candy bar is $4, and Jerry has $12 a week to spend. Calculate Jerry's marginal utility from the fourth lottery ticket and marginal utility per dollar when he buys 4 lottery tickets. Calculate Jerry's marginal utility from the second candy bar and marginal utility per dollar when he buys 2 candy bars >>> Answer to 1 decimal place. ………… Jerry's marginal utility from the fourth lottery ticket is units. The marginal utility per dollar from lottery tickets when Jerry buys 4 lottery tickets is units per dollar. Jerry's marginal utility from the second candy bar is units. The marginal utility per dollar from candy bars when Jerry buys 2 candy bars is units per dollar. C Lottery tickets Total utility 0 14 24 32 38 Quantity per week 0 1 2 3 4 Quantity per week ܘ ܝ ܚ ܚ ܂ 2 3 Candy bars 4 Total utility 0 100 120 134 144
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