The Idea That the Utility a Consumer Derives from Successive

question 13

Multiple Choice

The idea that the utility a consumer derives from successive units of a good diminishes as total consumption of the good increases is known as

• A) diminishing marginal utility.
• B) the paradox of value.
• C) the utility theory of demand.
• D) diminishing total utility.
• E) utility maximization.

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