The total utility schedule of Sharon is given below for the number of shoes she  consumes.  i. Calculate Sharon’s marginal utility schedule.  ii. Plot a graph of total and marginal utility.  iii. What is the maximum number of shoes that Sharon will consume?  Explain  Number of Shoes          Total Utility                                    Marginal Utility 1                                        100     2                                        200 3                                        275 4                                        325 5                                        350 6                                        360 7                                        360 8                                        355 b. Assume that Mania has $1,200 per month to spend between dinners at a  Japanese restaurant and evenings at Cru, a local bar. Assume that going to Cru  costs $25 and eating at the restaurant costs $14. a. Draw Mania’s budget constraint with restaurants on the horizontal axis. b. Suppose Mania comes into some money and can now spend an extra  $200 per month. Draw her new budget constraint. c. Suppose the price of restaurants decrease to $12, while her income and the price of Cru is unchanged. Illustrate what happens to her budget  line.

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The total utility schedule of Sharon is given below for the number of shoes she 
consumes. 
i. Calculate Sharon’s marginal utility schedule. 
ii. Plot a graph of total and marginal utility. 
iii. What is the maximum number of shoes that Sharon will consume? 
Explain 


Number of Shoes          Total Utility                                    Marginal Utility
1                                        100    
2                                        200
3                                        275
4                                        325
5                                        350
6                                        360
7                                        360
8                                        355


b. Assume that Mania has $1,200 per month to spend between dinners at a 
Japanese restaurant and evenings at Cru, a local bar. Assume that going to Cru 
costs $25 and eating at the restaurant costs $14.


a. Draw Mania’s budget constraint with restaurants on the horizontal axis.

b. Suppose Mania comes into some money and can now spend an extra 
$200 per month. Draw her new budget constraint. c. Suppose the price of restaurants decrease to $12, while her income and the price of Cru is unchanged. Illustrate what happens to her budget 
line.

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