Table 21-2
A consumer likes two goods: pizza and beer. The five bundles shown in the following table lie on the same indifference curve for the consumer.

$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | }
\hline \text { Bundle } & \text { Pizza } & \text { Beer } \
\hline \text { A } & 6 & 9 \
\hline \text { B } & 6 & 7 \
\hline \text { C } & 6 & 5 \
\hline \text { D } & 9 & 5 \
\hline \text { E } & 10 & 5 \
\hline
\end{array}$$
-Suppose that Akiko likes to consume one glass of chocolate milk with every three peanut butter cookies. For Akiko, an additional cookie has no value unless she can consume it with the appropriate proportion of chocolate milk. Akiko's indifference curves for chocolate milk and cookies are
A)right angles.
B)bowed inward, but not to a 90-degree angle.
C)bowed outward.
D)downward-sloping straight lines.

Question

Table 21-2
A consumer likes two goods: pizza and beer. The five bundles shown in the following table lie on the same indifference curve for the consumer.
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 $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | } 
\hline \text { Bundle } & \text { Pizza } & \text { Beer } \
\hline \text { A } & 6 & 9 \
\hline \text { B } & 6 & 7 \
\hline \text { C } & 6 & 5 \
\hline \text { D } & 9 & 5 \
\hline \text { E } & 10 & 5 \
\hline
\end{array}$$
-Suppose that Akiko likes to consume one glass of chocolate milk with every three peanut butter cookies. For Akiko, an additional cookie has no value unless she can consume it with the appropriate proportion of chocolate milk. Akiko's indifference curves for chocolate milk and cookies are
A)right angles.
B)bowed inward, but not to a 90-degree angle.
C)bowed outward.
D)downward-sloping straight lines.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Akiko's preference for consuming one glass of chocolate milk with every three peanut butter cookies in fixed proportions suggests perfect complements, which are represented by right-angled indifference curves.

Table 21-2 a Consumer Likes Two Goods: Pizza and Beer

Table 21-2
a Consumer Likes Two Goods: Pizza and Beer