Economics Today (19th Edition)
Economics Today (19th Edition)
19th Edition
ISBN: 9780134478777
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20, Problem 9P
To determine

Consider the movements that take place from one point to the next (A to B to C and so on) along the total utility curve as the individual successively increases consumption by one more unit, and answer the questions that follow.

Economics Today (19th Edition), Chapter 20, Problem 9P

  1. Which one-unit increase in consumption from one point to the next along the total utility curve generates the highest marginal utility?
  2. Which one-unit increase in consumption from one point to the next along the total utility curve generates the zero-marginal utility?
  3. Which one-unit increase in consumption from one point to the next along the total utility curve generates the negative marginal utility?

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