The slope of an indifference curve is equal to the ratio of the ____ of the good on the horizontal axis to the ____ of the good on the vertical axis

a. marginal product (MP); total value (TV)
b. marginal utility (MU); marginal utility (MU)
c. price (P); price (P)
d. total utility (TU); price (P)


b

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