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Decoding Consumer Choices: Utility, Value, and Budget in Economics
Chapter 1, Problem 1(choose chapter or problem)
Potatoes cost Janice $1 per pound, and she has $5.00 that she could possibly spend on potatoes or other items. If she feels that the first pound of potatoes is worth $1.50, the second pound is worth $1.14, the third pound is worth $1.05, and all subsequent pounds are worth $0.30 per pound, how many pounds of potatoes will she purchase? How many pounds will she purchase if she has only $2 to spend?
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Potatoes cost Janice $1 per pound, and she has $5.00 that she could possibly spend on potatoes or other items. If she feels that the first pound of potatoes is worth $1.50, the second pound is worth $1.14, the third pound is worth $1.05, and all subsequent pounds are worth $0.30 per pound, how many pounds of potatoes will she purchase? How many pounds will she purchase if she has only $2 to spend?
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Potatoes cost Janice $1 per pound, and she has $5.00 that she could spend on potatoes or other items.
She feels that the first pound of potatoes is worth $1.50, the second is worth $1.14, the third is worth $1.05, and all subsequent pounds are worth $0.30 per pound.
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