Total utility is maximized in the consumption of two goods by equating the:
a. prices of both goods for the last dollar spent on each good.
b. marginal utilities of both goods for the last dollar spent on each good.
c. ratios of marginal utility to the price of both goods for the last dollar spent on each good.
d. marginal utility of one good to the price of the other.
c
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A) When the amount of revenue generated by each member of the cartel is the same. B) When there are no economies of scale in production. C) When each member of the cartel is using the same scale of production. D) When marginal costs of production are the same for each of the members of the cartel.
A line that slopes downward from left to right has a positive slope
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false