October 2012 Q30

Discussion in 'CT7' started by e_sit, Apr 24, 2015.

  1. e_sit

    e_sit Member

    Hi all,

    For this question, I understand why the MU of diamond would be higher than water (due to scarcity) , but why is the MU curve for diamond lower than (or to the left of) the MU curve for water in the model answer from the past paper?

    Thanks for the time!! :)
     
  2. Whippet1

    Whippet1 Member

    There's a good explanation of this on page 85 in the book.

    Basically, water has a higher MU (at each output level) because it's a necessity, whereas diamonds aren't (though they are nice to look at)!
     
  3. e_sit

    e_sit Member

    Understood, thanks for the reply!!

     

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