-Sam's Total Utility for Bananas Is in the Table Above

question 113

Multiple Choice

-Sam's total utility for bananas is in the table above.Sam's total utility shows that the law of diminishing marginal utility

• A) holds because his marginal utility from bananas decreases as Sam eats more bananas.
• B) does not hold because Sam's total utility does not reach its maximum.
• C) does not hold because Sam's marginal utility does not decrease to zero.
• D) holds because Sam's total utility from bananas increases as Sam eats more bananas.
• E) None of the above answers is correct because there are no data for marginal utility with which to answer the question.

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