Refer to the table below. If the child buys either chocolates or hard candies one piece at a time, what will be his first two purchases?

A child is given $4 of pocket money to be spent on either hard candies or chocolates. Chocolates cost 40 cents and hard candies 80 cents each. The marginal utilities derived from each product are as shown in the following table:







A. A hard candy, followed by another hard candy

B. A hard candy, followed by a chocolate

C. A chocolate, followed by a hard candy

D. A chocolate, followed by another chocolate


A. A hard candy, followed by another hard candy

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