Post Utme Bsu 2025 Economics Question 28

Practice objective / multiple choice question 28 from the 2025 Post Utme Bsu Economics examination.

Post Utme Bsu 2025 Economics Objective / Multiple Choice
Question 28 POST_UTME_BSU • 2025 • ECONOMICS • objective

A consumer's indifference curve is given by U(x, y) = xy, where x and y are the quantities of x and y, respectively. If the consumer's current consumption bundle is (x, y) = (10, 5), what is the consumer's marginal rate of substitution?

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. \( \frac{dy}{dx} = -\frac{1}{2} \)
B. \( \frac{dy}{dx} = -\frac{1}{10} \)
C. \( \frac{dy}{dx} = -\frac{1}{5} \)
D. \( \frac{dy}{dx} = -\frac{1}{20} \)
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
\( \frac{dy}{dx} = -\frac{1}{2} \)

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This is Post Utme Bsu 2025 Economics Question 28. It is one of the objective questions from the 2025 Post Utme Bsu Economics examination.

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