Question

Which of the following describes a situation in which there would be decreasing marginal utility?

A. Buying winter clothing in the middle of the winter.
B. Having lunch right after having breakfast.
C. Recycling to preserve natural resources.
D. Riding the bus to save money on gas.

Answer 1

The answer to your question is...

Letter B. Having lunch right after having breakfast

All of the other options do satisfy the person, while B, is totally not usual and might make a person feel bad from their stomach.

Answer 2

Marginal utility is the additional satisfaction a consumer gains from consuming one more unit of a good or service.

so the decreasing in satisfaction from getting goods is (I think) B