Question

When Marginal Utility Is Negative, Total Utility Is?

Answer 1

When marginal utility is negative, then with additional input there will be a reduction in the total utility since total utility is the sum of all marginal utilities.

Therefore, total utility will be diminishing when marginal utility is negative.

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