Explain why consumers are indifferent between the demands of a good and show a graphical representation.
Along an indifference curve of a consumer, he will be indifferent between buying x quantity of good 1 and y quantity of good 2 or x' quantity of good 1 and y' quanatity of good 2 as long as both (x,y) and (x',y') lie on the same indifference curve. This is because he will attain the same utility from all the bundles along an indifference curve and hence will be indifferent between demanding the quantities.
However, any bundle, say (x",y") on a higher indifference curve will be more preffered and he will not be indifferent anymore.
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