ECON MICRO
ECON MICRO
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ISBN: 9781337000536
Author: William A. McEachern
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 6, Problem 2.4P
To determine

Eileen’s utility from renting the movies online and from watching the first-run movies in a theatre.

Concept Introduction: Marginal Utility: It is the net addition to the total utility when an additional unit of good is being consumed.

  MU=TUnTUn1

Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility: The law states that as we consume more and more of a unit, the successive utility from consuming additional units goes on falling. In other words, the marginal utility goes on falling as we consume more of a good.

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