Explanation
William Stanley Jevons, Léon Walras, and Alfred Marshall all developed concepts of utility, usually linked to market prices. However, proving exact measurement of utility proved elusive. In ordinal utility, the consumer only ranks choices in terms of preference but we do not give exact numerical figures for utility.
Utility refers to the want satisfying power of a commodity that is experienced by the consumer due to the feature and the usefulness of the commodity. There are four different types of utility: form, place, time, and possession utility. Form utility is created by the design of the product or service itself.
If MUx / Px and MUy / Py are not equal and MUx / Px is greater than MUy / Py, then the consumer will substitute good 'x' for good 'y'. As a result the marginal utility of good 'x' will fall. The consumer will continue substituting good 'x' for good 'y' till MUx/Px = MUy/Py where the consumer will be in equilibrium. If the value of MUx/Px is more than MUy /Py, then the Consumer Will increase the Consumption of product X reduce product Y
Marginal utility quantifies the added satisfaction that a consumer garners from consuming additional units of goods or services. The concept of marginal utility is used by economists to determine how much of an item consumers are willing to purchase.
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