Homework: Chapter 13 Homework
Every day, GinoGino buys 11 cup of teacup of tea and 11 samosasamosa for lunch. The price of a cup of teacup of tea is $0.750.75 and the price of a samosasamosa is $3.003.00. Gino'sGino's choice of lunch maximizes hishis total utility, and hehe spends only $3.753.75 on lunch. Gino'sGino's marginal utility from teatea is ______. A. 0.750.75 B. 0.2500.250 times hishis marginal utility from samosassamosas C. 1 divided by ÷0.750.75 D. $3.753.75 divided by ÷$0.750.75 E. 4.004.00 times hishis marginal utility from samosas
0.2500.250 times hishis marginal utility from samosassamosas
Each week KirkKirk has $2020 to spend on latteslattes and e dash bookse-books. The price of a lattelatte is $5.005.00 and the price of an e dash bookan e-book is $10.0010.00. The relative price of a lattelatte is ______. A. 0.500.50 lattelatte B. 2.002.00 latteslattes C. 0.500.50 e dash booke-book D. 2.002.00 e dash bookse-books E. $0.50
0.500.50 e dash booke-book
The price of a pound of bananasa pound of bananas is $0.650.65 and the price of a pound of pastaa pound of pasta is $0.810.81, so the relative price of a pound of bananasa pound of bananas is _______. A. $0.650.65 B. 1.251.25 pounds of bananaspounds of bananas C. 0.800.80 pounds of pastapounds of pasta D. $0.81
0.800.80 pounds of pastapounds of pasta
When the price of an e-book is $10, Marc's quantity demanded of e-books is nothing a month. When the price of an e-book is $5, Marc's quantity demanded of e-books is nothing a month.
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At his consumption point, Marc's marginal rate of substitution is
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The table shows Jerry's total utility from lottery ticketslottery tickets and candy barscandy bars. The price of a lottery ticketlottery ticket is $22, the price of a candy barcandy bar is $44, and Jerry has $1212 a week to spend. When Jerry maximizes his total utility, what quantities of lottery ticketslottery tickets and candy barscandy bars does he buy in a week? Jerry maximizes his total utility when he buys nothing lottery ticketslottery tickets and nothing candy barscandy bars a week.
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The graph shows Andre'sAndre's budget line when the price of a cup of coffeecup of coffee is $2.002.00, the price of a can of sodacan of soda is $1.001.00, and hehe has $12.0012.00 a week to spend on coffeecoffee and sodasoda. Then the price of a cup of coffeecup of coffee rises to $3.003.00. Draw Andre'sAndre's budget line after the price rise. Label it. If AndreAndre buys 66 cans of sodacans of soda, the maximum number of cups of coffeecups of coffee hehe can buy after the price rises is nothing a week. The new relative price of a cup of coffeecup of coffee is nothing ▼ cans of soda dollars . >>> Answer to 1 decimal place. When the price of a cup of coffeecup of coffee rises to $3.003.00, the relative price of a can of sodacan of soda increases. A. True B. False
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The opportunity cost of a e dash booke-book is ______. A. $2.002.00 B. 0.500.50 e dash booke-book C. 2.002.00 e dash bookse-books D. 0.500.50 lattelatte E. 2.002.00 lattes
2.002.00 lattes
Wendy'sWendy's lottery ticketlottery ticket and candy barcandy bar budget is $2020 a week. The price of a lottery ticketlottery ticket is $22 and the price of a candy barcandy bar is $55. The relative price of a candy barcandy bar is ______. A. 2.502.50 candy barscandy bars per lottery ticketlottery ticket B. 0.400.40 lottery ticketlottery ticket per candy barcandy bar C. 2.502.50 lottery ticketslottery tickets per candy barcandy bar D. 0.400.40 candy barcandy bar per lottery ticketlottery ticket E. $2.50
2.502.50 lottery ticketslottery tickets per candy barcandy bar
TimTim buys 33 smoothiessmoothies and 22 music CDsmusic CDs a week when hehe has $2828 to spend, the price of a CDCD is $88, and the price of a smoothiesmoothie is $44. The relative price of a music CDmusic CD is ______. If the price of a music CDmusic CD falls to $4.004.00, Tim'sTim's consumption possibilities ______. A. $88; expand B. 0.500.50 music CDsmusic CDs; shrink C. 22 smoothiessmoothies; expand D. 22 music CDsmusic CDs; expand E. 0.500.50 smoothiessmoothies; shrink
22 smoothiessmoothies; expand
The table shows Jerry's total utility from bus ticketsbus tickets and moviesmovies. The price of a bus ticketbus ticket is $33, the price of a moviemovie is $33, and Jerry has $2424 a week to spend. Calculate Jerry's marginal utility from the firstfirst bus ticketbus ticket and marginal utility per dollar when he buys 11 bus ticketbus ticket. Calculate Jerry's marginal utility from the thirdthird moviemovie and marginal utility per dollar when he buys 33 moviesmovies. >>> Answer to 1 decimal place. Jerry's marginal utility from the firstfirst bus ticketbus ticket is nothing units. The marginal utility per dollar from bus ticketsbus tickets when Jerry buys 11 bus ticketbus ticket is nothing units per dollar. Jerry's marginal utility from the thirdthird moviemovie is nothing units. The marginal utility per dollar from moviesmovies when Jerry buys 33 moviesmovies is nothing units per dollar.
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The total utility obtained from three packs of potato chips is 36 units and the total utility obtained from two packs is 32 units. The marginal utility from the third pack is _____ unit(s). A. 1 B. 32 C. 12 D. 4
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If the price of a bag of corn is $3 and the price of gum is 60 cents per pack, the relative price of a bag of corn is _____. A. 5 packs of gum per bag of corn B. 5 bags of corn per pack of gum C. 3 packs of gum per bag of corn D. 1 bag of corn per pack of gum
5 packs of gum per bag of corn
In a year, MarcoMarco buys 10 sweaters at $50 each and pays $40 for 10,000 gallons of tap water. MarcoMarco is maximizing total utility. If Marco'sMarco's marginal utility from water is 0.4 unit per gallon, hishis marginal utility from a sweatera sweater is nothing units. is maximizing hishis utility, so Marginal utility from a bouquet of flowersa bouquet of flowers divided by ÷Price of a bouquet of flowersa bouquet of flowers = Marginal utility from a gallon of water divided by ÷Price of a gallon of water. Inserting the values gives Marginal utility from a bouquet of flowersa bouquet of flowers divided by ÷$1515 = 0.40.4 divided by ÷$0.0050.005. Now rearrange the equation to calculate the marginal utility from a bouquet of flowersa bouquet of flowers.
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The principle of diminishing marginal utility applies to Ben's consumption of cinnamon bunscinnamon buns. A. True B. False
True
SarahSarah has $24.0024.00 a week to spend on coffeecoffee and sodasoda. The price of a cup of coffeecup of coffee is $2.002.00 and the price of a can of sodacan of soda is $1.001.00. Draw Sarah'sSarah's budget line and label it. >>> Plot the quantity of sodasoda on the x-axis. SarahSarah can afford to buy 1212 cans of sodacans of soda and 44 cups of coffeecups of coffee. A. True B. False SarahSarah can afford to buy 1616 cans of sodacans of soda and 66 cups of coffeecups of coffee. A. True B. False The relative price of a cup of coffeecup of coffee is nothing ▼ cans of soda dollars .
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Hiro'sHiro's bus ticketbus ticket and sandwichsandwich budget is $2020 a week. The price of a bus ticketbus ticket is $22 and the price of a sandwichsandwich is $55. Choose the correct statement. A. When HiroHiro buys 1010 bus ticketsbus tickets a week hehe cannot afford to buy a sandwichsandwich. B. When HiroHiro spends all hishis budget on sandwichessandwiches, hehe buys 1010 sandwichessandwiches a week. C. HiroHiro needs a larger budget. D. HiroHiro can afford to buy 66 bus ticketsbus tickets and 33 sandwichessandwiches a week. E. HiroHiro cannot afford to buy 55 bus ticketsbus tickets and 22 sandwichessandwiches a week.
When HiroHiro buys 1010 bus ticketsbus tickets a week hehe cannot afford to buy a sandwichsandwich.
The paradox of value explains that a gallon of gasoline has ______ and a gallon of printer ink has ______ A. a high price and a high marginal utility; a low price and a low marginal utility B. a low price and a low marginal utility; a high price and a high marginal utility C. a low price and a high marginal utility; a high price and a low marginal utility D. a low total utility; a high total utility E. a high price and a low marginal utility; a low price and a high marginal utility
a low price and a low marginal utility; a high price and a high marginal utility
A budget line is a line that describes limits to consumption possibilities and that depends on a consumer's _____ and _____ of goods and services. A. budget; prices B. demand; prices C. budget; costs D. demand; supply
budget; prices
Sara buys bread and bananas and is maximizing her total utility. If the price of bananas rises, Sara will maximize her total utility by ______. A. increasing her budget so that she can buy the same quantities B. buying fewer bananas and possibly more bread C. buying less bread and possibly more bananas D. buying more bananas and less bread
buying fewer bananas and possibly more bread
Over the years, Americans have spent a smaller percentage of income on food and a larger percentage on cars. There is no paradox of value because _______. A. the income elasticity of demand for food is greater than the income elasticity of demand for cars B. food has a low price and a high marginal utility whereas cars have a low marginal utility and a high price C. food has a low price and a low total utility whereas cars have a high total utility and a high price D. the total utility from food and cars are equal E. food has a low price and a low marginal utility whereas cars have a high marginal utility and a high price
food has a low price and a low marginal utility whereas cars have a high marginal utility and a high price
The paradox of value arises when people _______. A. get the same marginal utility per dollar from cheap useful goods and useless expensive goods B. spend more on expensive useless goods than on cheap useful goods C. prefer to buy cheap goods rather than expensive goods D. buy so much of a useful good that its price falls
get the same marginal utility per dollar from cheap useful goods and useless expensive goods
Tom will maximize his total utility if he buys the quantities of pasta and milk at which ______. A. his marginal utility from the more expensive good is less than his marginal utility from the cheaper good B. he spends all of his budget and his marginal utility from each good is equal C. he spends all of his budget and his marginal utility per dollar for pasta and milk are equal D. his marginal utility from pasta equals his marginal utility from milk
he spends all of his budget and his marginal utility per dollar for pasta and milk are equal
The table shows Ben's utility from croissantscroissants. Ben will buy more than one croissantcroissant a day if ______. A. the marginal utility he receives from croissantscroissants is positive B. the price of a croissantcroissant rises C. the total utility he receives from croissantscroissants is positive D. his marginal utility per dollar from the first croissantcroissant is greater than the marginal utility per dollar from all the other goods he consumes E. his income falls
his marginal utility per dollar from the first croissantcroissant is greater than the marginal utility per dollar from all the other goods he consumes
Ben will buy no croissantscroissants if ______. A. the price of a croissantcroissant rises B. the price of a croissantcroissant falls C. the relative price of a croissantcroissant rises D. his marginal utility per dollar from the first croissantcroissant is less than his marginal utility per dollar from the other goods and services he buys E. the relative price of a croissantcroissant falls
his marginal utility per dollar from the first croissantcroissant is less than his marginal utility per dollar from the other goods and services he buys
When Joe's budget increases, he will spend the increase in his budget on _______. A. normal goods B. essential goods C. inferior goods D. more of all the goods he usually buys
normal goods
Exempting video from data caps is a way of lowering the price of watching a video, so a person's budget line will _______. A. shift inward and be parallel to the original budget line B. not change C. rotates inward D. shift outward and be parallel to the original budget line E. rotate outward
rotate outward
Khalid'sKhalid's burgerburger and magazinemagazine budget is $3030 a week. The price of a burgerburger is $22 and the price of a magazinemagazine is $55. Draw Khalid'sKhalid's budget line and label it. >>> Plot the quantity of magazinesmagazines on the x-axis. Other things remaining the same, if the price of a burgerburgerfallsfalls, Khalid'sKhalid's budget line ______. Other things remaining the same, if Khalid'sKhalid's budget for burgersburgers and magazinesmagazines increasesincreases, hishis budget line ______. A. does not change; does not change B. rotates outwardrotates outward; shifts outwardshifts outward C. rotates outwardrotates outward; shifts inwardshifts inward D. rotates inwardrotates inward; shifts inwardshifts inward E. rotates inwardrotates inward; shifts outward
rotates outwardrotates outward; shifts outwardshifts outward
Jane's budget line ______. A. rotates outward if her budget increases and the prices of both goods don't change B. rotates inward if the prices of both goods double and her budget doesn't change C. shifts inward with no change in its slope if the price of one good rises and her budget doesn't change D. shifts outward with no change in its slope if her budget increases and the prices of both goods don't change
shifts outward with no change in its slope if her budget increases and the prices of both goods don't change
Diminishing marginal utility is general tendency for marginal utility to decrease as _______. A. the price of the good increases B. preferences change C. the quantity consumed increases D. income increases
the quantity consumed increases
The principle of diminishing marginal utility is the general tendency for marginal utility to decrease as ______. A. the quantity of a good consumed decreases B. the quantity of a good consumed increases C. total utility decreases D. the price of a good rises E. the price of a good falls
the quantity of a good consumed increases
1. The graph shows a student's budget line in 2000. Assume that between 2000 and 2015, the prices of other goods and services and the student's budget did not change. Draw the student's budget line in 2015. Label it. 2. The change in the budget line occurred because _______. A. the relative price of a single song decreased B. the relative price of a single song increased C. the affordable combinations of single songs and other goods and services decreased D. the opportunity cost of a single song increased
the relative price of a single song decreased
A consumer's consumption choices are limited by _______. A. the consumer's income, the prices of the goods and services she buys, the goods and services available for sale, and her location B. the goods and services available for sale C. her income and her location D. the consumer's income and the prices of the goods and services she buys
the consumer's income and the prices of the goods and services she buys
A consumer's consumption possibilities depend on all of the following items except ______. A. the quantities of the goods that the consumer can afford B. the consumer's preferences C. the consumer's budget D. the prices of the goods that the consumer wants to buy
the consumer's preferences
The utility-maximizing rule is the rule that leads to the greatest total utility from all the goods and services consumed. The rule is to allocate the entire available _____ and make the _____ equal for all goods. A. quantity; prices B. quantity; marginal utilities C. budget; prices D. budget; marginal utility per dollar
budget; marginal utility per dollar
Utility is the benefit or satisfaction that a person gets from the _____ of a good or service. The total utility is the total benefit that a person gets from the _____ of a good or service. Total utility _____ as the quantity _____ increases. A. cost; cost; decreases; supplied B. supply; supply; increases; supplied C. consumption; consumption; increases; consumed D. price; price; increases; consumed
consumption; consumption; increases; consumed
Diminishing marginal utility is the general tendency for marginal utility to _____ as the quantity of a good consumed _____. A. increase; increases B. decrease; increases C. decrease; decreases D. increase; decreases
decrease; increases
Diminishing marginal rate of substitution is the general tendency for the marginal rate of substitution to _____ as the consumer moves down along the indifference curve, _____ consumption of the good measured on the x-axis and _____ consumption of the good measured along the y-axis. A. increase; decreasing; increasing B. decrease; increasing; decreasing C. decrease; decreasing; increasing D. increase; increasing; decreasing
decrease; increasing; decreasing
When Verizon exempts ad-sponsored video from data caps, the marginal utility per dollar from videos will initially _______ the marginal utility per dollar from other data, so consumers will watch _______ . A. be less than; more videos and use less other data B. exceed; more videos and use less other data C. be less than; fewer videos and use more other data D. exceed; fewer videos and use more other data E. exceed; the same number of videos and use the same amount of data
exceed; more videos and use less other data
Consider Donna who buys only two goods: gasoline and pasta. As the gasoline price falls, Donna's consumption possibilities ______, and the relative price of pasta ______. A. decrease; decreases B. decrease; increases C. increase; decreases D. increase; does not change E. increase; increases Donna's budget in terms of pasta ▼ increases does not change decreases .
increase; increases does not change
Total utility ______ and marginal utility ______ as more of a good is consumed. A. diminishes; increases B. increases; diminishes C. diminishes; diminishes D. increases; increases
increases; diminishes
Marginal utility theory shows us that a rare gem which we value highly has a _______ marginal utility and a _______ total utility. A. large; large B. small; small C. large; small D. small; large
large; small
Marginal benefit is the ______ price that a consumer ______ for an extra unit of a good or service when ______ utility is maximized. A. minimum; must pay; total B. maximum; is willing to pay; marginal C. maximum; is willing to pay; total D. minimum; must pay; marginal
maximum; is willing to pay; total