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Economics

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CONSUMER   An individual who makes the decision whether to buy goods or services  
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UTILITY   The amount of benefit or satisfaction derived from the consumption of a good or service  
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ECONOMIC GOOD   A product or service which commands a price, derives utility and is transferable  
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CHARACTERISTIC OF ECONOMIC GOODS   Price, Utility and Transferable  
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PRICE   it must command a price  
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UTILITY   The good must provide the consumer with some feeling of satisfaction  
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TRANSFERABLE   Ownership or benefit must be capable of being given from one person to another  
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MARGINAL UTILITY   The extra satisfaction a consumer gets from consuming an extra unit of the good  
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THE LAW OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY   As more units of the good are consumed, a point will be reached where marginal utility eventually begins to decline  
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EQUILIBRIUM   The condition where there is no tendency to change  
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EQUI-MARGINAL UTILITY PRINCIPLE   Explains the behaviour of a consumer in distributing their limited income along various goods and services  
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******FORMULA******   MUx / Px = MUy / Py.............MUn / Pn  
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