Question

Suppose at her current level of consumption, a person enjoys going to an additional baseball game three times as much as seeing an additional new movie. The price of a ticket for a baseball game is $30, and the price of a ticket for a movie is $15. Is the person spending her income (for these two goods) in a manner that maximizes her satisfaction

Answer 1

Answer:

The person is NOT spending her income for both goods in a manner that maximizes her satisfaction.

Explanation:

Based on the information given The person is NOT spending her income for both goods in a manner that maximizes her satisfaction which means that she would have to INCREASE baseball games consumption and DECREASE movies consumption reason been that we were told that an individual enjoys going to baseball game three times compare to seeing new movie which therefore means The price of the ticket for a baseball game which is the amount of $30 should be increase while the price of a ticket for a movie which is the amount of $15 should be decrease.