MyLab Economics with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Economics Today: The Micro View
MyLab Economics with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Economics Today: The Micro View
19th Edition
ISBN: 9780134480336
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20, Problem 16P
To determine

At a consumer optimum involving goods A and B, the marginal utility of good A is 2 units. And the marginal utility of good B is 8 units. How much is greater or smaller is the price of good B compared with the price of good A?

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Consumer optimum occurs at a point where the affordable bundle of goods provides the consumer a higher level of satisfaction.

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