Economics Today: The Micro View (18th Edition)
Economics Today: The Micro View (18th Edition)
18th Edition
ISBN: 9780133885071
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20, Problem 4P
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From the data in problem 20-3, if the price of cheeseburger is $2, the price of a bag of French fries is $1, and you have $6 to spend (and you spend all of it), what is the utility maximizing combination of cheeseburgers and French fries?

20-3 Where possible, complete the missing cells in the table below.

Economics Today: The Micro View (18th Edition), Chapter 20, Problem 4P

Concept Introduction:

Consumer Equilibrium condition: It states that the marginal utility per dollar spent on good 1 must equal the marginal utility per dollar spent on good 2.

Total Utility= It is the numerical value assigned to the level of satisfaction derived from consumption of all goods or services.

Marginal Utility= It is the numerical value assigned to the level of satisfaction derived from consumption of additional good or service.

Number of Cheese-burgers Total Utility of Cheese-burgers Marginal Utility of Cheese-burgers Money spent Bags of French Fries Total Utility of French Fries Marginal utility of French Fries Money spent
0 0 0   0 0 0  
1 20 20 $2 1 10 10 $1
2 36 16 $2 2 18 8 $1
3 48 12   3 20 2  
4 56 8   4 21 1  
5 60 4   5 21 0  

$1 on the1st bag of French fries

$1 on the 2nd bag of French fries

$2 on the 1st cheeseburger

$2 on the 2nd cheeseburger

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