In a textile factory there are three steps on a worker-paced line producing winter coats. there is one worker per station and no inventory is stored between the steps. the coats are shipped in boxes of 24 shirts, which are loaded onto trucks using pallets. there are 50 boxes to every pallet. the processing times are
cut: 8 minutes/shirt
sew: 12 minutes/shirt
press: 15 minutes/shirt
what is the flow unit?
select one:
a. one coat
b. a box of 24 coats
c. 50 boxes
d. a pallet

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answer: marginal utility of the fourth brownie is 0.

explanation: marginal utility is the addtional utility gained from the consumption of one more unit of a good. it is given by,

so, marginal utility at the 4th unit will be given by

since, the values are not given here, you can simply find marginal utility at fourth unit by subtracting total utility at 3rd unit from total utility at 4th unit.