4. As we noted in the last question, the price of beer rose from $1 to $2. In order to compensate Fred (using the expenditure method of compensation) for the income effect of the price increase we need to increase his daily income by:
  1. $2.
  2. $3.
  3. $4.
  4. $5.
  5. $6.
Fred's Marginal Utility
Q MU Brats MU Beer
1 16 11
2 14 10
3 12 9
4 10 8
5 8 7
6 6 6
7 4 5
8 2 4

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