Sam Has $200 a Month to Spend on Either Tanning

question 16

Multiple Choice

Sam has $200 a month to spend on either tanning sessions or rounds of golf. Tanning sessions are $20 each and a round of golf is $40. What can we say about Sam's utility?

• A)Sam will receive more utility from each round of golf than each tanning session.
• B)Sam will receive the same utility from one round of golf as he would from two tanning sessions.
• C)Sam will maximize the utility he receives from 2 rounds of golf and 6 tanning sessions.
• D)This question cannot be answered without more information.

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Definitions:

Continental Crust

The layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves.

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The process of continental crust being pulled apart, leading to the formation of new oceanic crust and the expansion of ocean basins.

Salt Domes

Geological formations created when a thick bed of evaporite minerals (primarily salt) is pushed upward by the pressure of overlying rock layers.

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