Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. If the consumer chooses not to purchase potatoes, then the marginal value of potatoes must be less than or equal to the relative price of potatoes.
2. The steeper the indifference curve, the greater the marginal value of a good.
3. If a person is willing to trade one good for another, their new basket after the trade must lie on a lower indifference curve than their original basket.
4. Along a convex indifference curve, the marginal value of a good rises as the quantity of the good rises.
5. When using the composite good convention all other goods are measured in terms of dollars.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True

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