Marginal Rate of Substitution as the Ratio of Marginal Utilities
A fundamental principle that applies to any utility function is that the Marginal Rate of Substitution (MRS) is equivalent to the ratio of the marginal utilities of the two goods in question. For two goods, this relationship is expressed by a formula where the MRS equals the marginal utility of the good on the horizontal axis divided by the marginal utility of the good on the vertical axis. This principle holds true universally across different types of utility functions.
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