Multiple Choice
Lower prices increase the marginal utility per dollar spent and cause consumers to buy more of a good.On the other hand,higher prices lower the marginal utility per dollar spent and cause consumers to buy less of a good.This is a way of restating ________ in terms of marginal utility.
A) diminishing marginal utility
B) satisfaction
C) the law of demand
D) the law of supply
E) the real-income effect
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