If the Commercial Is Correct That Every Additional Bite Tastes

question 173

Multiple Choice

If the commercial is correct that every additional bite tastes as good as the first, the marginal utility from consuming more of the advertised product must be

• A) increasing.
• B) decreasing.
• C) constant.
• D) zero.

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Definitions:

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Seligman

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