If a consumer's marginal rate of substitution of (operatorname{good} X) for (operatorname{good} Yleft(mathrm{MRS}_{X Y}ight)) is equal to

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If a consumer's marginal rate of substitution of \(\operatorname{good} X\) for \(\operatorname{good} Y\left(\mathrm{MRS}_{X Y}ight)\) is equal to 2 , then the:

A. consumer is willing to give up two units of \(X\) for one unit of \(Y\).

B. slope of a line tangent to the indifference curve at that point is 2 .

C. slope of a line tangent to the indifference curve at that point is -2 .

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Economics For Investment Decision Makers

ISBN: 9781118111963

1st Edition

Authors: Sandeep Singh, Christopher D Piros, Jerald E Pinto

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