Microeconomics: Principles, Applications, and Tools (8th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13294-886-9
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Chapter 7 - Consumer Choice: Utility Theory and Insights from Neuroscience - Exercises - 7.1 Traditional Consumer Choice: Utility Theory - Page 177: 1.13b

Answer

No to both questions.

Work Step by Step

If he would not willingly exhange food for a larger house, or a smaller house for food, then the marginal utility is equalized and utility is maximized.
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