Marv pilson has $50 worth of groceries in a shopping cart at his local shop 'n save. assume that the marginal utility per dollar of the liter bottles of soft drink in marv's cart equals 50. the marginal utility per dollar of the boxes of cereal in marv's cart equals 20. marv has only $50 to spend, but has not yet paid for his groceries. how can marv increase his total utility without spending more than $50?

Pear co.’s income statement for the year ended december 31, as prepared by pear’s controller, reported income before taxes of $125,000. the auditor questioned the following amounts that had been included in income before taxes: equity in earnings of cinn co. $ 40,000 dividends received from cinn 8,000 adjustments to profits of prior years for arithmetical errors in depreciation (35,000) pear owns 40% of cinn’s common stock, and no acquisition differentials are relevant. pear’s december 31 income statement should report income before taxes of