The 100th Game of Chess Gives Jones More Utility Than

question 119

Multiple Choice

The 100th game of chess gives Jones more utility than the 32nd game of chess. It follows that

• A)neither the law or principle of diminishing marginal utility holds.
• B)the law of diminishing marginal utility may hold since the 32nd game of chess might have been a different "good" than the 100th game of chess (after all, it could have been played with a different person).
• C)there must be a law of increasing marginal utility.
• D)total utility after the 32nd game had to be higher than total utility after the 100th game.
• E)none of the above

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