If, when a consumer spends all his income, the marginal utility per dollar on X is 4 and the marginal utility per dollar on Y is 2, has the consumer made the utility-maximizing choice?
The consumer has

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If, when a consumer spends all his income, the marginal utility per dollar on  X  is 4 and the marginal utility per dollar on  Y  is 2, has the consumer made the utility-maximizing choice? 
 The consumer has

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not made the utility-maximizing choice, but can do so by buying less of  X  and more of  Y .

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made the utility-maximizing choice.

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not made the utility-maximizing choice, but can do so by buying more of  X  and less of  Y .

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not made the utility-maximizing choice, but can do so by buying more of  Y  which is cheaper.

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made the utility-maximizing choice if the price of  Y  is eight times the price of  X .

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