Notes on calculus and utility functions
ocw.mit.edu › courses › urban-studies-and-planningSep 16, 2010 · 1) In most cases, we represent a utility function as having positive, but diminishing, marginal utility. That is, one more unit of a good increases your total utility but this increase is smaller than the increase in utility of the previous unit. Below are four functions. Explain why each function meets or fails to meet the two conditions. a) Y ...