Given a set amount of money, goods A and B both give the same marginal utility at current levels of consumption but good A costs twice as much as good B. You should:

A. realize that you don't have enough information to answer the question.
B. consume more of good B and less of good A.
C. consume more of good A and less of good B.
D. keep consuming the current amounts of both good A and good B.


Answer: B

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