Taylor's Marginal Utility from Watching Movies and from Eating Out

question 22

Multiple Choice

Taylor's marginal utility from watching movies and from eating out (in utils) is shown below. Taylor spends exactly $100 every month on these two forms of entertainment, and the price of each movie is $10 and the price of each dinner is $20. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } \hline \begin{array} { c } \text { Movies } \\\text { Per Month }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Marginal Utility } \\\text { Per Movie }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Dinners Out } \\\text { Per Month }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Marginal Utility } \\\text { Per Dinner }\end{array} \\\hline 1 & 60 & 1 & 150 \\\hline 2 & 50 & 2 & 140 \\\hline 3 & 20 & 3 & 120 \\\hline 4 & 5 & 4 & 100 \\\hline\end{array}$$ If Taylor eats out 3 times a month, Taylor will watch ______ movies, and have marginal utility per dollar of ______ from eating out and a marginal utility per dollar of ______ from going to the movies.

• A)4; 6; 2
• B)3; 2; 6
• C)4; 6; 1/2
• D)3; 4; 4

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