Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781260507140
Author: David C. Colander
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Chapter 19.A, Problem 3QE
To determine
The shape of the indifference curve, if MRS was zero and constant.
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Chapter 19 Solutions
Microeconomics
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