Marginal utility is

A) the change in total utility divided by the price of the last unit of a good or service consumed.
B) the change in total utility a person receives from consuming an additional unit of a good or service.
C) the utility from consuming a given quantity of a good or service.
D) the decrease in total utility from consuming more and more units of a good or service.


Answer: B

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