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If Marginal Rate of Substitution is Increasing Throughout, the Indifference Curve Will Be: (Choose the Correct Alternative) A. Downward Sloping Convex - Economics

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If Marginal Rate of Substitution is increasing throughout, the Indifference Curve will be: (Choose the correct alternative)

a. Downward sloping convex
b. Downward sloping concave
c. Downward sloping straight line
d. Upward sloping convex

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Solution

Downward sloping concave

Assume that the marginal rate of substitution is increasing throughout; the indifference curve would be a downward sloping concave because the consumer can get higher marginal utility from each additional unit of output.

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