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Two retailers compete on costs and the ambience of their retail stores. They are identical
in all other dimensions of customer utility. Retailer A is cheaper than retailer B. Retailer
A also has the better ambience. Does this mean that retailer A is on the efficient frontier? Yes or no?
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