Melika spends all of her income on magazines and carry-out lunches. the price of a magazine is $5, and the price of a carry-out lunch is $7. at the current consumption bundle, the marginal utility of magazines is 10, and the marginal utility of carry-out lunches is 21. assuming that diminishing marginal utility applies to both goods, to maximize utility given her income, melika should: a) continue to consume the current bundle. b) consume more carry-out lunches and fewer magazines. c) consume equal amounts of magazines and carry-out lunches. d) consume more magazines and fewer carry-out lunches.

Analyzing operational changes operating results for department b of delta company during 2016 are as follows: sales $540,000 cost of goods sold 378,000 gross profit 162,000 direct expenses 120,000 common expenses 66,000 total expenses 186,000 net loss $(24,000) suppose that department b could increase physical volume of product sold by 10% if it spent an additional $18,000 on advertising while leaving selling prices unchanged. what effect would this have on the department's net income or net loss? (ignore income tax in your calculations.) use a negative sign to indicate a net loss answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. sales $answer cost of goods sold answer gross profit answer direct expenses answer common expenses answer total expenses answer net income (loss) $answer