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Which Law states that: “When a consumer consumes more and more units of a product, the utility derived from each additional unit decreases”?

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Question

Which Law states that: “When a consumer consumes more and more units of a product, the utility derived from each additional unit decreases”?

Options

  • Law of Equi-Marginal Utility

  • Law of Ordinal Utility

  • Law of Cardinal Utility

  • Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

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Solution

Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

Explanation:

The Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility says that marginal satisfaction decreases with successive units consumed. The other options do not state this principle.

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Chapter 2: Consumer's Equilibrium - OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS [Page 2.48]

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Sandeep Garg Introductory Microeconomics [English] Class 11
Chapter 2 Consumer's Equilibrium
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS | Q 26. | Page 2.48
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