A Local Restaurant Offers an "All You Can Eat" Ribs

question 55

Multiple Choice

A local restaurant offers an "all you can eat" ribs special. You pay $11.95, and then you can eat as many servings as you desire at no additional cost. It would follow that you will stop eating when

• A) your marginal utility (or value) derived from eating another serving is zero.
• B) your total utility (or value) derived from all of the servings consumed just equals $11.95.
• C) your marginal utility (or value) derived from another serving equals $11.95.
• D) it is physically impossible for you to eat any more.

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