****PLEASE ANSWER ASAP**** PLEASE SHOW WORK You want to maximize your utility and find your consumer optimum. Here...

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You want to maximize your utility and find your consumeroptimum.

Here is a table of your current situation:

Taco Bell drink: $1.00

Taco Bell burrito supreme: $5.00

Income: $11.00

Drink    TotalUtility                              Burritosupreme                      Total Utility

0           0                                                      0                                               0

1            100                                                1                                                          600

2            220                                             2                                                         1100

3            280                                                3                                                        1500

4            330                                                4                                                        1600

5           350                                                 5                                                        1650


Calculate the Marginal Utility then the MU/P to find ConsumerOptimum.

How many drink(s) and burrito supreme(s) should you purchase toreach consumer optimum?

I got 1 drink 2 burritos but I'm not positive itscorrect Please explain if I am correct also

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A utility maximising consumer will spend his income on different commodities in such a way that the marginal utility of each good is proportional to its priceThus a consumer will be in equilibrium while purchasing two commodities when MUXPX MUYPY where MUXPXis marginal utility of a unit of money spent on commodity X MUYPY is marginal utility of a unit of money spent on commodity Y Drinks Drink Total Utility Marginal Utility MUP 0 0 1 100 100 100 2 220 120 120 3 280 60 60 4 330 50    See Answer
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