Suppose Rita obtains 10 units of utility from the last dollar of income she receives and Nigel obtains 6 Assume both Nigel and Rita have the same capacity to derive utility from income with identical margim equal distribution of income would: Multiple Choice argue that any redistribution of income between them would increase total utility. advocate redistributing income from Nigel to Rita. be content with this distribution of income between Rita and Nigel. advocate redistributing income from Rita to Nigel.

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