Asked by YUEYING HUANG on Jun 30, 2024

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Professor Makrung spends his entire weekly income of $700 on economics books (E)and coffee (C).The price of an economics book (PE)is $50,and the price of a cup of coffee (PC)is $2.If the professor buys 10 economics books and 50 cups of coffee per week,he finds that MUE = 75 and MUC = 3.This implies that a consumption bundle consisting of 10 economics books and 50 cups of coffee per week maximizes the professor's utility.

Coffee

A popular beverage made by brewing roasted and ground beans from the Coffea plant.

Marginal Utility

The additional utility or enjoyment derived from the consumption of one more unit of a product or service.

Optimal Consumption

The mix of goods and services that maximizes the utility or satisfaction of a consumer given their budget constraint.

  • Understand the concept of utility and how it influences consumer choices.
  • Apply the optimal consumption rule to analyze consumer behavior.
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Zybrea KnightJul 04, 2024
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Explanation :
Given the prices and quantities of economics books and coffee, along with their marginal utilities, we can calculate the marginal utility per dollar for each good (MU/P). For economics books, MU/P = 75/50 = 1.5. For coffee, MU/P = 3/2 = 1.5. Although the marginal utility per dollar spent on each good is equal, which is a condition for utility maximization, the statement doesn't provide enough information to conclusively say this bundle maximizes the professor's utility without knowing his utility function or if other combinations might yield higher total utility.