What is diminishing marginal utility?

Diminishing marginal utility- each additional (marginal) piece of pizza brings less utility than the previous one. Therefore extra utility (marginal utility) brought by each successive slice diminishes as you eat more and more slices.

JR
Answered by Julia R. Economics tutor

3003 Views

See similar Economics A Level tutors

Related Economics A Level answers

All answers ▸

What are the conditions of perfect competition?


What is consumer and producer surplus?


Why is supply side policy used a lot in modern economies?


What is the most common measure of inequality and what is inequality itself?


We're here to help

contact us iconContact ustelephone icon+44 (0) 203 773 6020
Facebook logoInstagram logoLinkedIn logo

MyTutor is part of the IXL family of brands:

© 2026 by IXL Learning