If the price of one Weight Watchers' frozen dinner is $2 and the price of one dozen jelly doughnuts is $3, which of the following would Kent, a utility maximizing consumer, buy with his $6? $$ \begin{array} { c }
{ \text { Jelly Danuts } } \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad { \text { Frazen Dinners } } \
\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | }
\hline \begin{array} { c }
\text { Dazen } \
\text { Consumed per } \
\text { Day }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c }
\text { Tatal utility (Units di } \
\text { utility) }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c }
\text { Dinners Consumed } \
\text { per Day }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c }
\text { Tatal utility (Units df } \
\text { utility) }
\end{array} \
\hline 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
\hline 1 & 12 & 1 & 16 \
\hline 2 & 21 & 2 & 32 \
\hline 3 & 27 & 3 & 46 \
\hline 4 & 30 & 4 & 42 \
\hline 5 & 30 & 5 & 42 \
\hline 6 & 28 & 6 & 36 \
\hline
\end{array}\end{array}$$
A)three frozen dinners
B)two frozen dinners and two dozen jelly doughnuts
C)one frozen dinner and four dozen jelly doughnuts
D)two dozen jelly doughnuts

Question

If the price of one Weight Watchers' frozen dinner is $2 and the price of one dozen jelly doughnuts is $3, which of the following would Kent, a utility maximizing consumer, buy with his $6? $$ \begin{array} { c } 
 { \text { Jelly Danuts } }  \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad    { \text { Frazen Dinners } } \
\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } 
\hline \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Dazen } \
\text { Consumed per } \
\text { Day }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Tatal utility (Units di } \
\text { utility) }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Dinners Consumed } \
\text { per Day }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Tatal utility (Units df } \
\text { utility) }
\end{array} \
\hline 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
\hline 1 & 12 & 1 & 16 \
\hline 2 & 21 & 2 & 32 \
\hline 3 & 27 & 3 & 46 \
\hline 4 & 30 & 4 & 42 \
\hline 5 & 30 & 5 & 42 \
\hline 6 & 28 & 6 & 36 \
\hline
\end{array}\end{array}$$
A)three frozen dinners
B)two frozen dinners and two dozen jelly doughnuts
C)one frozen dinner and four dozen jelly doughnuts
D)two dozen jelly doughnuts

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Kent, as a utility maximizing consumer, would buy three frozen dinners because this option gives him the highest total utility of 46 units for his $6, based on the given utility values for both jelly doughnuts and frozen dinners.

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