If Preferences Are Transitive, Indifference Curves

question 107

Multiple Choice

If preferences are transitive, indifference curves

• A)intersect at the equilibrium consumption bundle.
• B)intersect at the optimum consumption bundle.
• C)intersect where the marginal rate of substitution for each indifference curve is equal.
• D)do not intersect.

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