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Explain why equalizing the marginal utility per dollar for all goods maximizes utility.
 
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The idea that because of scarcity, producing more of one good or service means producing less of another good or service refers to the economic concept of
 
  A) trade-off. B) equity. C) efficiency. D) optimization.
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Reply #1 on: Jun 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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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