Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Utility and rational consumer behaviour

Utility and rational consumer behaviour — practice question

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Evaluate, with a diagram, whether the theory of diminishing marginal utility offers a sufficiently complete explanation of the market demand curve for every good and service.

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This 20-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Marginal utility theory assumes that consumers behave rationally and are able to compare utility across different combinations of goods

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