Question

What is the difference between total utility and marginal​ utility? A. Marginal utility represents the consumer optimum while total utility gives the total utility per dollar spent on the last unit. B. Total utility represents the consumer optimum while marginal utility gives the total utility per dollar spent on the last unit. C. Total utility is the total amount of satisfaction derived from consuming a certain amount of a good while marginal utility is the additional satisfaction gained from consuming an additional unit of the good. D. Marginal utility is subject to the law of diminishing marginal utility while total utility is not.

Answer 1

Answer:

Total utility is the total amount of satisfaction derived from consuming a certain amount of a good while marginal utility is the additional satisfaction gained from consuming an additional unit of the good.

Explanation:

As consumption increases, total utility increases but marginal utility would begin to diminish after a certain point is reached as a result of diminishing marginal utility.

The Law Of Diminishing Marginal Utility states that all else equal as consumption increases the marginal utility derived from each additional unit falls.

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Answer 2

Answer:

C) Total utility is the total amount of satisfaction derived from consuming a certain amount of a good while marginal utility is the additional satisfaction gained from consuming an additional unit of the good.

Explanation:

Total utility is the overall satisfaction a consumer derives from consuming a particular good or service. Each unit of good or service contains its own marginal utility. Total utility sums up the marginal utilities of such items. The elementary purpose of a consumer, is to derive the largest amount of utility with least expenses.

  In the law of diminishing marginal utility, it states that as more units of a single good or service are consumed, additional satisfaction known as marginal utility drops. The first good or service consumed has the highest marginal utility while the ones that follow it reduces rapidly.

  Marginal utility is the amount of satisfaction derived from consumption of additional units of a good or service. This is used to determine how much a consumer is willing to purchase. Satisfaction levels of a consumer are easily identified through marginal utility in order to influence the consumer's purchase decision. There are two cases involving marginal utility:- Positive marginal utility and Negative marginal utility. The positive marginal utility is said to happen when there is an increase I'm total utility through the consumption of an additional item while Negative marginal utility happens when total utility is decreased through the consumption of an additional item.