Question

Rick eats only french fries and burgers at his office cafeteria. His weekly lunch budget is $48. Each burger costs $6 and each order of fries costs $3. When deciding how much of each good to buy, Rick knows that 2 burgers and 4 orders of french fries will give him a utility of 8. At his utility-maximizing point, Rick's utility is:_________

Answer 1

The correct answer is 16 utils.

Step-by-step explanation:

Amount spent by Rick to get utility of 8 = $6*2 + $3 * 4 = $24

$48/ $24 = 2

$48 will give Rick 2 sets of products combination that give him utility of 8.

At his utility-maximizing point, Rick's utility is 2* 8 = 16 utils.