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law of diminishing marginal utility says that
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the marginal utility gained by consuming equal successive units of a good will decline as the amount consumed increases
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Don receives 100 utils from consuming two oranges. The utility he derives from consuming the second orange equals 30 utils. Which of the following conclusions is derived from the law of diminishing marginal utility?
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The marginal utility Don receives from consuming the third orange will be less than 30 units
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To resolve the diamond-water paradox, it is important to note that under most circumstances,
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The marginal utility of water is lower than the marginal utility of diamonds
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The diamond water paradox is the observation that
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those things that have the greatest value in use often have little value in exchange and those things that have little value in use often have the greatest value in exchange.
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If income rises, the budget constraint a . does not move . b. moves farther down the vertical axis. . moves inward toward the origin. d. moves outward away from the origin .
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Moves outward away from origin.
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Suppose you are eating slices of pizza and after consuming the first slice you receive 14 utils of total utility, after the second you receive 22 utils of total utility, and after the third 25 utils of total utility. Then
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your total utility is 25 utils, and the marginal utility of the third slice is 3 utils
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In the Texas A&M study of "buying" behavior of two white rats, as the "relative price" of one beverage was raised,
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both white rats began to consume less of the higher priced beverage.
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Refer to Exhibit 21-1. The marginal utility of the third plum is (Chart)
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10 Utils
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Refer to Exhibit 21-8. If the price of good X falls, the budget constraint moves from budget constraint
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1 to 3
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Marginal utility is defined as the
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change in total utility a person derives from the consumption of a good divided by the change in the quantity of the good consumed.
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A consumers is in equilibrium if he or she derives the same
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Total utility from each good consumed
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Suppose you could quantify the amount of satisfaction you receive from consuming ice cream in money terms. You might say, "I expect to get $3 worth of satisfaction from this ice cream cone." According to traditional economic theory, if the price of this ice cream cone were $3.25, would you buy one?
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No, since the marginal cost of consuming the ice cream cone is greater than the marginal benefit.
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suppose you are eating buffalo wings at a local happy hour. the total utils from doing so after the fourth,fifth, and sixth and seventh wings are 80, 116, 136, 146 the marginal utitly of the 7th wing is uitils
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10
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In order for an individual to achieve consumer equilibrium through the consumption of two goods, A and B, that individual must fulfill the condition
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MUa/Pa = MUb/Pb
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An Indifference curve shows
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the bundles of two goods that give an individual equal total utility.
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Refer to Exhibit 21 - 2 . Total utility for all five oranges
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68 utils
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We take one dollar from a pauper and give it to a millionaire. Assuming a diminishing marginal utility of money
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We cannot say whether or not total utility changes.
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A person is a consumer equilibrium, and the price rises from one of the good she purchases. If she wants to restore her self to consumer equilibrium, she will( most likely)
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buy less of the good whose price has risen and more of the relatively lower priced goods
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Which of the following statements is true?
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Given two goods, X and Y and their prices, Px and y a consumer will maximize total utility by allocating expenditures such that
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MUx/PX=MUy/Py
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Suppose that the MUP ratio for good X is the same as for good Y: 12 per dollar. If the price of good X then rises to $2 from $1, until the of that good falls toutils.
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Y; there is not enough information to answer this part of the question.
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Refer to Exhibit 21 - 1 . The marginal utility of the fourth plum is
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8 utils
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A util is an artificial construct used as a means of measuring the
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satisfaction one receives from the consumption of a good.
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Refer to Exhibit 21-6.111 1 3 are indifference curves and line ab is the relevant budget constraintIf the consumer is initially at point R he should
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Purchase more of Y and less of X
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Consumer equilibrium exist when
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The MU/P ratio for all goods is the same
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Economist usually assume that money has marginal utility
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Decreasing
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We would expect the total utility of water to be high but its marginal utility to be low. Why?
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Because we need water to live and there is so much of it.
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Consider two options a you receive a critique payment of $100; be a coin is tossed in the head comes up, you win nothing; if tails comes up you win $200. The expected payoff for option B is
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$100
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Ari is currently consuming 10 hot dogs and 8 hamburgers per week. The last hot dog she consumed yielded 20 utils while the last hamburger she ate gave her 25 utils. If hot dogs cost $2 and hamburgers cost $2.50, is Ari consuming the correct quantities of these two goods to be in consumer equilibrium?
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Yes so there is no change her eating habits
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If the MU/P ratio for good X is less than the MU/P ratio for good Y, this means that
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an individual is receiving more utility per dollar from good Y than good X.
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Given two goodsX and Y, their prices, P and y, a consumer is in equilibrium when the last dollar spent on X yields
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The same marginal utility as a last dollar spent on Y
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Given the choice between a sure thing option in the gamble option with the same expect to pay off, a person would choose gamble
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Risk averse