Answer to Question #143216 in Economics for Hamrah

Question

The table below shows Zara’s total utility from consumption of comic books.
a) Calculate the values for marginal utility in the blank column.

Number of Comic Books
0 , 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Total Utility:
0, 100, 190, 270, 330, 380

Marginal
Utility : ?

Answer 1

Marginal utility= total utility difference / quantity of goods difference: $\frac{dU}{dQ}$;

0, 100,90,80,60,50