Foundations of Economics (8th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134486819
Author: Robin Bade, Michael Parkin
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 7MCQ
To determine
Choose the correct answer from the following options regarding the paradox of value arises when people ___.
- Prefer to buy cheap goods rather than expensive goods
- Spend more on expensive useless goods than on cheap useful goods
- Buy so much of a useful good that its price falls
- Get the same
marginal utility per dollar from cheap useful goods and useless expensive goods.
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Question 3
Give examples of goods with high utility and high prices, andgoods with low utility and low prices.
Indicate whether the statement is True or False, and briefly explain why:
A. Marginal benefit equal to marginal cost is the point where consumers are maximizing
their satisfaction within their budget.
B. The marginal benefit is equal to the marginal utility you obtain from consuming one
extra unit of the good.
C. What matters for consumers when they want to decide to buy one more unit of a good
is how much utility they got from all the units they consumed before.
D. Elasticity can be related to the measure of a percentage change in quantity demanded
divided by the percentage change in the price of a good.
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