If, as a person consumes more and more of a good, each additional unit adds less satisfaction than the previous unit consumed, we are seeing the workings of

A) the law of demand.
B) the law of supply.
C) the law of increasing marginal opportunity cost.
D) the law of diminishing marginal utility.


Answer: D

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