Indifference Curve Analysis

question 188

Multiple Choice

Indifference curve analysis

• A)presumes, as does utility analysis, that satisfaction is numerically measurable.
• B)presumes, unlike utility analysis, that satisfaction is numerically measurable.
• C)presumes only that the consumer can say one combination of two goods yields more or less or the same amount of utility than some other combination.
• D)is in conflict with the idea of a downsloping demand curve.

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