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Arnie Ziffel has $20 per week to spend on any combination of pineapples and green tea.The price of a pineapple is $4 and the price of a bottle of green tea is $2.The table below shows Arnie's utility values.Use the table to answer the questions that follow the table.
 Quantity  Marginal  Quantity   Marginal  of  Total  Marginal  Utility per  of Green  Total Marginal  Utility per  Pineapples  Utility  Utility  Dollar  Tea  Utility  Utility  Dollar 132128252246364354468460570564671666771767\begin{array}{|c|c|l|l|l|l|l|l|}\hline\text { Quantity }& & & \text { Marginal } & \text { Quantity }&\text { } &&\text { Marginal } \\\text { of }&\text { Total } & \text { Marginal } & \text { Utility per }&\text { of Green } & \text { Total }&\text {Marginal } &\text { Utility per } \\\text { Pineapples } & \text { Utility } & \text { Utility } & \text { Dollar } & \text { Tea } & \text { Utility } & \text { Utility } & \text { Dollar } \\\hline 1 & 32 & & & 1 & 28 & & \\\hline 2 & 52 & & & 2 & 46 & & \\\hline 3 & 64 & & & 3 & 54 & & \\\hline 4 & 68 & & & 4 & 60 & & \\\hline 5 & 70 & & & 5 & 64 & & \\\hline 6 & 71 & & & 6 & 66 & & \\\hline 7 & 71 & & & 7 & 67 & & \\\hline\end{array}
a.Complete the table by filling in the blank spaces.
b.Suppose Arnold purchases 4 pineapples and 2 bottles of green tea.Is he consuming the optimal consumption bundle? If so,explain why.If not,what combination should he buy and why?

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