Question: b. If Jane is not maximizing her utility, remembering the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility, would she be better off to buy one less chicken

 b. If Jane is not maximizing her utility, remembering the Law

of Diminishing Marginal Utility, would she be better off to buy one

b. If Jane is not maximizing her utility, remembering the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility, would she be better off to buy one less chicken sandwich and one more order of fries? Explain your reasoning and show any calculations. (2 points) If she buys one less sandwich her utility would be 172. The total utility from fries will continue to go down no matter how much you add, even the 4 it still will continue to not match the sandwiches. The law of diminishes marginal utility for fries will continue to drop. 1 st 100mu/$4.00= 25mu/$ 1 s 50mu/$2.00=25mu/$ and 72 mu/$4.00=18mu/$ and 20mu/$2.00=10mu/$ 3rd 6 mu/$2.00=3mu/$ 172mu/$8.00 76mu/$6.00 What about MU/$? You did this correctly for part a

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