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Given price of Fruit beer Rs. 50 per glass and fruit juice Rs. 12 per glass and marginal utility derived from per glass of fruits beer being 150 units, a consumer of both will maximize its total utility if the marginal utility per glass of fruit juice is __________.

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3 utils
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4 utils
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12 utils
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36 utils
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Solution

The correct option is A 36 utils
By consuming fruit beer of Rs 50 a consumer derives 150 units of marginal utility.
Therefore, by consuming fruit juice of Rs 12 a consumer gets( 150*12) / 50=36 utils.

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