Alison Is Deciding How to Spend the Next Hour

question 38

Multiple Choice

Alison is deciding how to spend the next hour.We ask her to rate the utility she would get from an hour of each activity.She would get utility of 4 from an hour of reading,utility of 2 from an hour of playing video games,and utility of 6 from shopping.Based on this information,economists could predict that Alison will:

• A)read.
• B)play video games.
• C)go shopping.
• D)do nothing,since none of the activities give her utility greater than 10.

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