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Marginal Rate of Substitution

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Diminishing MRS implies that the indifference curves are .

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convex

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concave

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straight lines

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downward sloping

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Solution

The correct option is A convex
If the marginal rate of substitution of X for Y, the indifference curve must be convex to the origin.

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