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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  1. 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.
  2. The amount of utility (satisfaction) that the consumer can derive from consuming a good or service remains constant, no matter how much we consume.
  3. "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.
  4. An “indifference” curve represents the combination of two goods that we would want consume, regardless of disposable income or their price. 
  5. A consumer is in "equilibrium" when his indifference curve is tangent (touches) his budget line.

Truth or false and why

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