Along a given indifference curve, a consumer reduces the quantity of one good in favor of more units of the other. In this situation
A. total utility rises.
B. the marginal utility of the first rises and the marginal utility of the second good falls.
C. the marginal rate of substitution falls.
D. both A and B are correct.
Answer: D
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