The price of hamburgers is $2 and the price of movies is $4. The consumer has $14 of income. The consumer is purchasing 3 hamburgers and receiving 30 utils for the last hamburger. He is also purchasing 2 movies and receiving 40 utils for the last movie. This set of goods
A) is an optimum since the entire income is spent and the marginal utility per dollar spent is the same for the last unit of each good.
B) is an optimum since the entire income is spent and total utility is maximized.
C) is not an optimum because the marginal utility per dollar spent is greater for hamburgers than for movies.
D) is not an optimum because the consumer has not spent all of his money.
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