Paul consumes only books and DVDS. At his current consumption bundle, his marginal utility from DVDS is 13 and from books is 2. Each DVD costs $12, and each book costs $1. Is he maximizing his utility? Explain. Let MUB be the marginal utility of books, MU, be the marginal utility from DVDS, Pg be the price of books, Pp be the price of DVDS, and MRS be the marginal rate substitution. Paul is MUB O A. not maximizing his utility because MRS > MUD MUB MUD O B. maximizing his utility because P8 PD MUB MUD O C. maximizing his utility because PB PD MUB O D. maximizing his utility because MRS = MUD MUB MUD O E. not maximizing his utility because Рв PD

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