Faced with a Hundred Pounds of Strawberries, the Rational Individual

question 102

Multiple Choice

Faced with a hundred pounds of strawberries, the rational individual will eat:

• A) all of the strawberries.
• B) strawberries until the satisfaction from the last strawberry is maximized.
• C) strawberries until the satisfaction from eating strawberries is maximized.
• D) strawberries until the satisfaction from eating the last strawberry begins to fall.

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