Samara's income is $30 a month and she spends all of it on music downloads and gasoline. The price of a music download is $1.50 and the price of a gallon of gasoline is $3

At Samara's best affordable point, her marginal rate of substitution is ________ per video tape. A) 0.5 of a download
B) 1 download
C) 1.5 downloads
D) 2 downloads


A

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