In: Economics
Question 15
Rudolph has a budget of $22 to spend on rice ( R) and chicken nuggets ( N). The price of rice is $4.04 per pound, and the price of chicken nuggets is $3.28 per unit. The table below shows the marginal utilities that the consumer gets from the different quantities of both.
| 
 Q  | 
 MUR  | 
 MUN  | 
| 
 1  | 
 20  | 
 19  | 
| 
 2  | 
 18  | 
 16  | 
| 
 3  | 
 16  | 
 13  | 
| 
 4  | 
 14  | 
 10  | 
| 
 5  | 
 12  | 
 7  | 
| 
 6  | 
 10  | 
 4  | 
| 
 7  | 
 8  | 
 1  | 
| 
 8  | 
 6  | 
 0  | 
| 
 9  | 
 4  | 
 0  | 
| 
 10  | 
 2  | 
 0  | 
What is the optimal bundle of rice and chicken nuggets (
QR, QN) for Rudolph? (
QR, QN) =
| A. | 
 (3, 3)  | 
|
| B. | 
 (4, 4)  | 
|
| C. | 
 (2, 4)  | 
|
| D. | 
 (4, 3)  | 
|
| E. | 
 (4, 2)  |