Related to the Economics in Practice on Page 314: from a Consumer

question 221

Multiple Choice

Related to the Economics in Practice on page 314: From a consumer welfare standpoint, as the variety of available choices of a particular type of product increases, consumer welfare

• A) increases at a proportional rate.
• B) decreases at a proportional rate.
• C) increases to a point, but eventually may lose value with too much variety.
• D) tends to remain very constant.

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