Hi Dandasi,
NIce question. It comes from the French word 'Environ' which means surrounding. The first recorded usage of the word was by Carlyle in 1827 and in 1956 it was used for the first time with the meaning we associate with it today.
Question : According to the law of diminishing marginal utility, as a consumer consumes more of a good:
Option 1: The total utility derived from the good increases at a decreasing rate.
Option 2: The marginal utility derived from the good increases at a decreasing rate.
Option 3: The total utility derived from the good decreases at a decreasing rate.
Option 4: The marginal utility derived from the good decreases at a decreasing rate.
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