Diminishing marginal rate of substitution for a good means: I. decreasing the quantity of a good that the consumer would give up for one more additional quantity of the other good II. increasing the quantity of a good that the consumer would give up for one more additional quantity of the other good III. no change for the quantity of a good that the consumer would give up for one more additional quantity of the other good IV. all answers are correct

Diminishing marginal rate of substitution for a good means: I. decreasing the quantity of a good that the consumer would give up for one more additional quantity of the other good II. increasing the quantity of a good that the consumer would give up for one more additional quantity of the other good III. no change for the quantity of a good that the consumer would give up for one more additional quantity of the other good IV. all answers are correct

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	I.	decreasing the quantity of a good that the consumer would give up for one more additional quantity of the other good
	II.	increasing the quantity of a good that the consumer would give up for one more additional quantity of the other good
	III.	no change for the quantity of a good that the consumer would give up for one more additional quantity of the other good
	IV.	all answers are correct