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Define marginal utility.

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Marginal utility refers to the additional utility due to the consumption of an additional unit of a commodity. If 10 units of a commodity yield satisfaction of 100 utils and 11 units of a commodity yields 105 utils then the additional utility on account of consumption of 11th unit of a commodity is 5 utils.

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