MsSweettooth Always Consumes Iced Tea and Sugar in Fixed Proportions

question 269

Multiple Choice

Ms.Sweettooth always consumes iced tea and sugar in fixed proportions: 8 ounces of iced tea to 3 teaspoons of sugar.This implies that for Ms.Sweettooth the marginal rate of substitution of iced tea for sugar is:

• A)3/8.
• B)8/3.
• C)diminishing but between 8 and
• D)3.undefined.

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