Answer the Question Based on the Table Below Showing the Marginal

question 68

Multiple Choice

Answer the question based on the table below showing the marginal utility schedules for product X and product Y for a hypothetical consumer. The price of product X is $4, and the price of product Y is $2. The income of the consumer is $20. When the consumer purchases the utility-maximizing combination of product X and product Y, total utility will be

• A)72.
• B)84.
• C)136.
• D)156.

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Definitions:

Seedless Vascular Plants

Plants that have vascular tissue for transporting water and nutrients but reproduce through spores rather than seeds.

Sporophytes

The diploid generation in the life cycle of plants that produces spores through meiosis, alternates with the haploid gametophyte stage.

Gametophytes

The sexual phase in the life cycle of plants and algae that produce gametes, or sex cells.

Haploid Megaspores

Single-celled female spores produced by plants, which can develop into a gametophyte generation, part of the plant's reproductive process.