Matilda is downloading music and videos from an online site. She is currently buying three music downloads that cost $3 each and two video downloads that also cost $3 each. The table below indicates what she reports as the marginal utility of the last music download and of the last video download in this combination of purchases.      Quantity Price per Download MU per download Music downloads 3 $3 60 Video downloads 2 $3 45   As an assignment for her Microeconomics course, Matilda used the marginal utilities that she gave to her 3rd music download and her 2nd video download to complete the Experiment Tally Sheet below. Her available budget was $19.00.   Downloads of mu (score) from 1 to 100 Price of each $3.00  Money spent on  Downloads of  mu (score) from 1 to 100 Price of each $3.00 Money spent on  Total Money  Total Budget  music mu mu/$ music videos mu mu/$ videos Spent Remaining 1st ? ? $3.00 1st ? ? $3.00 $6.00 $13.00 2nd ? ?   2nd 45 15 $3.00 $12.00 $7.00 3rd 60 20 $3.00 3rd       $15.00 $4.00 4th       4th             Total money spent on music: $9.00 Total money spent on videos: $6.00 Total money spent: $15.00 Total budget remaining: $4.00   A consumer maximizes utility when the last dollar spent on any good generates the same satisfaction as the last dollar spent on every other good. Is Matilda maximizing her utility? Explain your answer.    Should Matilda consume one more video download, to move her closer to her optimum utility? Explain your answer.    Should Matilda consume one less music download and one more video download, to move her closer to her optimum utility? Explain your answer.    Should Matilda consume one more music download, to move her closer to her optimum utility? Explain your answer.

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. Matilda is downloading music and videos from an online site. She is currently buying three music downloads that cost $3 each and two video downloads that also cost $3 each. The table below indicates what she reports as the marginal utility of the last music download and of the last video download in this combination of purchases. 

 

 

Quantity

Price per Download

MU per download

Music downloads

3

$3

60

Video downloads

2

$3

45

 

As an assignment for her Microeconomics course, Matilda used the marginal utilities that she gave to her 3rd music download and her 2nd video download to complete the Experiment Tally Sheet below. Her available budget was $19.00.

 

Downloads of

mu (score) from

1 to 100

Price of each


$3.00 


Money spent on 


Downloads of 

mu (score) from 1 to 100

Price of each


$3.00


Money spent on 


Total Money 



Total Budget 

music

mu

mu/$

music

videos

mu

mu/$

videos

Spent

Remaining

1st

?

?

$3.00

1st

?

?

$3.00

$6.00

$13.00

2nd

?

?

 

2nd

45

15

$3.00

$12.00

$7.00

3rd

60

20

$3.00

3rd

     

$15.00

$4.00

4th

     

4th

         

 

Total money spent on music: $9.00

Total money spent on videos: $6.00

Total money spent: $15.00

Total budget remaining: $4.00

 

  1. A consumer maximizes utility when the last dollar spent on any good generates the same satisfaction as the last dollar spent on every other good. Is Matilda maximizing her utility? Explain your answer. 

 

  1. Should Matilda consume one more video download, to move her closer to her optimum utility? Explain your answer. 

 

  1. Should Matilda consume one less music download and one more video download, to move her closer to her optimum utility? Explain your answer. 

 

  1. Should Matilda consume one more music download, to move her closer to her optimum utility? Explain your answer. 
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