Understanding Demand and Supply
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What is the concept that represents the additional satisfaction a consumer gains from consuming one more unit of a good?

  • Diminishing Marginal Utility (DMU)
  • Total Utility (TU)
  • Marginal Utility (MU) (correct)
  • Average Utility (AU)

Which curve is conventionally assumed to slope downwards according to the text?

  • Average Utility Curve
  • Marginal Utility Curve (correct)
  • Total Utility Curve
  • Diminishing Marginal Utility Curve

What does the law of diminishing marginal utility state?

  • As the stock of a commodity increases, its average utility to the consumer decreases.
  • As the stock of a commodity increases, its marginal utility to the consumer decreases. (correct)
  • As the stock of a commodity increases, its diminishing utility to the consumer increases.
  • As the stock of a commodity increases, its total utility to the consumer decreases.

What concept is the summation of utilities derived from all the units of a good consumed by a consumer?

<p>Total Utility (TU) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the resultant of dividing the total utility by the number of units of a good consumed?

<p>Average Utility (AU) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is considered a primary factor of production?

<p>Land (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary objective of production?

<p>Satisfying human wants and needs (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Edwood Buffa, what is production?

<p>A process by which goods and services are created (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the factors of production according to Marshall?

<p>Land, Labour, Capital, Entrepreneurship (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'Land' include as a factor of production?

<p>Earth’s surface and resources above and below the surface (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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