For lunch, Maria eats only salads or vegetarian burgers. Her weekly food budget is $36. Each salad costs $6 and each vegetarian burger costs $3. When deciding how much of each good to buy, Maria knows that 2 salads and 4 vegetarian burgers will give her a utility of 8. Maria's utility-maximizing point is:

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Maria's weekly food budget is $36. Each salad costs $6 and each vegetarian burger costs $3. To maximize utility within her budget, Maria can buy 3 salads ($18) and 6 vegetarian burgers ($18), which totals exactly $36, fully utilizing her budget. Other options either do not use the full budget or exceed it.

For Lunch, Maria Eats Only Salads or Vegetarian Burgers