Faced with Two Goods to Buy, Good 1 and Good

question 11

Multiple Choice

Faced with two goods to buy, good 1 and good 2, a utility-maximizing individual will buy according to which of the following statements?

• A) price of good 1 = price of good 2
• B) MU of good 1 = MU of good 2
• C) price of good 1 divided by MU of good 2 = price of good 2 divided by MU of good 1
• D) MU of good 1 divided by price of good 1 = MU of good 2 divided by price of good 2

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