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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) |