Consumers Usually Buy Fewer Units of a Good Than the Quantity

question 441

Multiple Choice

Consumers usually buy fewer units of a good than the quantity that would maximize total utility from consuming the good because

• A) they are not rational.
• B) of the law of demand.
• C) they have limited incomes.
• D) marginal utility becomes zero after just a few units of the good.

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