Matilda is downloading music and videos from an online site. She is currently buying three music downloads that cost $3 each and two video downloads that also cost $3 each. The table below indicates what she reports as the marginal utility of the last music download and of the last video download in this combination of purchases.

	Quantity	Price per Download	MU per download
Music downloads	3	$3	60
Video downloads	2	$3	45

As an assignment for her Microeconomics course, Matilda used the marginal utilities that she gave to her 3 ^rd music download and her 2 ^nd video download to complete the Experiment Tally Sheet below.

A) A consumer maximizes utility when the last dollar spent on any good generates the same satisfaction as the last dollar spent on every other good. Is Matilda maximizing her utility? Explain your answer.

B) Should Matilda consume one more video download, to move her closer to her optimum utility? Explain your answer.

C) Should Matilda consume one less music download and one more video download, to move her closer to her optimum utility? Explain your answer.

D) Should Matilda consume one more music download, to move her closer to her optimum utility? Explain your answer.

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Student's completed experiment tally sheet: Price of each downloads of music 1st 2nd 3rd 4th mu (score) from 1 to 100 mu ? ? 60 Total $ music $3.00 mus ? ? 20 $ spent on music $3.00 $3.00 $3.00 $9.00 downloads of videos 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total $ mu (score) from 1 to 100 mu ? 45 videos Price of each $3.00 mus ? 15 $ spent on videos $3.00 $3.00 $6.00 Available budget TOTAL MONEY SPENT $6.00 $12.00 $15.00 $15.00 $19.00 TOTAL BUDGET REMAINING $13.00 $7.00 $4.00 $4.00 Student's completed experiment tally sheet: Price of each downloads of music 1st 2nd 3rd 4th mu (score) from 1 to 100 mu ? ? 60 Total $ music $3.00 mus ? ? 20 $ spent on music $3.00 $3.00 $3.00 $9.00 downloads of videos 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total $ mu (score) from 1 to 100 mu ? 45 videos Price of each $3.00 mus ? 15 $ spent on videos $3.00 $3.00 $6.00 Available budget TOTAL MONEY SPENT $6.00 $12.00 $15.00 $15.00 $19.00 TOTAL BUDGET REMAINING $13.00 $7.00 $4.00 $4.00

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a The marginal utility price ratio refers to the satisfaction that derived from last dollar money sp... View the full answer