Explain why equalizing the marginal utility per dollar for all goods maximizes utility
What will be an ideal response?
Equating the ratio of marginal utility per dollar for each good and service consumed maximizes utility because it measures the utility gained when an additional dollar of a good or service is consumed. This allows the consumer to weigh the utility gained from additional consumption of a dollar's worth of one good against the utility lost from the forgone consumption of a dollar's worth of another good. When the marginal utility per dollar for each good and service is equalized, there is no additional utility available from any other consumption combination.
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