Question

A Whopper combo meal costs $3.00 and gives you an additional 15 units of utility; a meal at the Embassy Suites costs $29.00 and gives you an additional 145 units of utility. Based solely on the information you have, using the theory of rational choice, you most likely would:

Answer 1

be indifferent between the two meals

Step-by-step explanation:

Marginal utility is the additional satisfaction received from consuming an additional unit of a good or service. Marginal utility is the additional utility derived from consuming one more unit of a good. the consumption decision is to consume more units of a good that gives the higher utility per good.

Marginal utility per good = marginal utility / price of the good

Whopper combo meal = 15 / 3 = 5

a meal at the Embassy Suites = 145 / 29 = 5

both meals have the same marginal utility of 5. She would be indifferent between consuming the two meals