Javier Goes to an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet at a Chinese Restaurant

question 42

Multiple Choice

Javier goes to an all-you-can-eat buffet at a Chinese restaurant and consumes three plates of food.Which of the following explains why the third plate of food does not provide as much satisfaction as the second plate?

• A) The law of expanding externalities.
• B) The rule of total utility.
• C) The law of supply.
• D) The law of diminishing marginal utility.

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