Assuming a movie price of $3 and a book price of $1, the new utility-maximizing bundle is
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To do this, we divide the marginal utility of each good by its price. Assuming the marginal utility of the movie is 10 and the marginal utility of the book is 5, we get: Marginal utility per dollar for the movie = 10/3 = 3.33 Marginal utility per dollar for the Show more…
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