________ buys so as to make MUx/MUy = Px/Py for all pairs of goods.

A. Every consumer
B. A utility-minimizing consumer
C. A utility-maximizing consumer
D. Only a consumer with an unlimited budget


Answer: C

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A. a decrease in demand. B. a decrease in supply. C. an increase in demand. D. an increase in supply.

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a. 6.25 percent b. 100.00 percent c. 75.50 percent d. 93.75 percent e. 99.75 percent

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An individual who is suffering from money illusion is more concerned with

A. relative prices than with real prices. B. relative prices than with nominal prices. C. nominal prices than with relative prices. D. real prices than with nominal prices.

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If an increase in the supply of a product in the market results in a decrease in price, but no change in the quantity traded, then:

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