The table below represents how Marco feels about chocolate candy bars. a. Fill in the missing values for total and marginal utility.
Marco's Utility
Chocolate Candy Bars Total Utility (utils) Marginal Utility (utils)
0 0 —
1 25
2 17
3 54
4
5 66 4
6 –1
b. Suppose Marco currently has two candy bars. You tell Marco you will give him either a soda, which gives him 22 utils of happiness, or two additional candy bars. Which is he likely to prefer?
options soda or two extra candy bars

A. Chocolate Candy Bars Total Utility (utils) Marginal Utility (utils

0 0 —

1 25 25

2 42 17

3 54 12

4 62 8

5 66 4

6 65 –1

2. Soda

Explanation:

A.Chocolate Candy Bars Total Utility (utils) Marginal Utility (utils)

0 0 —

1 25 25

2 42 17

3 54 12

4 62 8

5 66 4

6 65 –1

1. In a situation where the consumption go up from 0 to 1, this means that total utility will from 0 to 25.

Therefore the , marginal utility will be 25 (25 – 0).

2. Total utility will be 42(25+17)

3. Marginal utility will be 12 (54-42)

4. The total utility for quantity of 5 is 66, while the marginal utility is 4.

Hence the total utility will be 62 (66 – 4) while marginal utility will be 4(12-8)

6. Total utility will be 65(66-1)

B. Based on( A )above Marco already has two candy bars, which gave him a total utility of 42 this means that when we Add soda his utility would increase to 64 (42 + 22)

And in a situation where he consumes four candy bars which is 2 candy bars + another 2 extra candy bars this means his utility will be only 62.

Based on this Soda will be the preferred one

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