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The amount of good X that the consumer has to forego, in order to get an additional unit of good Y, his…

The amount of good X that a consumer is willing to forego in order to obtain one additional unit of good Y while keeping total utility constant is defined as the Marginal…

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The amount of good X that the consumer has to forego, in order to get an additional unit of good Y, his total utility level being the same, is called as

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The amount of good X that a consumer is willing to forego in order to obtain one additional unit of good Y while keeping total utility constant is defined as the Marginal Rate of Substitution of Y for X (MRSyx=−ΔXΔY\text{MRS}_{yx} = -\frac{\Delta X}{\Delta Y}).

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