a World of Scarcity.

The rest of Table 6.2 shows the quantity of movies that José attends, and his total and marginal utility from

seeing each movie. Total utility follows the expected pattern: it increases as the number of movies that José

watches rises. Marginal utility also follows the expected pattern: each additional movie brings a smaller gain in

utility than the previous one. The first movie José attends is the one he wanted to see the most, and thus

provides him with the highest level of utility or satisfaction. The fifth movie he attends is just to kill time.

Notice that total utility is also the sum of the marginal utilities. Read the next Work It Out feature for

instructions on how to calculate total utility.

T-Shirts (Quantity) Total Utility Marginal Utility Movies (Quantity) Total Utility Marginal Utility

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

22

43

63

81

97

111

123

133

22

21

20

18

16

14

12

10

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

16

31

45

58

70

81

91

100

16

15

14
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