The "useful" are hypothetical units of measurement with which we suppose it can be measure the “satisfaction” that a consumer can derive from consuming a good or service.
The "useful" are hypothetical units of measurement with which we suppose it can be measure the “satisfaction” that a consumer can derive from consuming a good or service.
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- The "useful" are hypothetical units of measurement with which we suppose it can be measure the “satisfaction” that a consumer can derive from consuming a good or service.
- The amount of utility (satisfaction) that the consumer can derive from consuming a good or service remains constant, no matter how much we consume.
- "Utility" is something we can measure objectively and is the same for all beings humans. Likewise, we can know in advance the usefulness of a good before consume it.
- An “indifference” curve represents the combination of two goods that we would want consume, regardless of disposable income or their price.
- A consumer is in "equilibrium" when his indifference curve is tangent (touches) his budget line.
Truth or false and why
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