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How to Calculate Marginal Utility and Marginal Rate of Substitution (MRS) Using Calculus

Video tutorial on marginal utility (MU) and marginal rate of substitution (MRS) using calculus used in Consumer Theory. Video shows how utility is constant along a single indifference curve.
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  • @jpabs10
    @jpabs1010 жыл бұрын

    Did he say mental masturbation at the end? I'm so confused...

  • @paddyvaanhold

    @paddyvaanhold

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes he did! ;-)

  • @gloriasheen6336
    @gloriasheen63368 жыл бұрын

    did i just hear "mental masturbation" LMAOOOO

  • @mannasirak5823

    @mannasirak5823

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm deaaaadddd @economicsfun liking this

  • @TVYGANTAS
    @TVYGANTAS10 жыл бұрын

    sorry but can not find the numerical example to help please let me know where I can find it. Thank you in advance

  • @HuongTran-jg7tw
    @HuongTran-jg7tw2 жыл бұрын

    Wait, why is MRS = dy/dx at the beginning, then MRS= -dy/dx at the end? why are they not consistent? isn't MRS the slope of the indifference curve (always negative), then at the end, if MRS = -dy/dx, it always receives positive values? So which one is that, positive or negative?

  • @davidsoveges3838
    @davidsoveges38387 жыл бұрын

    thanks i mental came

  • @katrinaaliviza457
    @katrinaaliviza4573 жыл бұрын

    I cant believe im watching this 9 years later. I'm enjoying your teaching.thank you

  • @JenileGonzales
    @JenileGonzales12 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for these videos ! I spent days trying to understand this topic and you taught it in a few minutes. i even told my lecturer about your videos and advised that everyone should check you out !

  • @geralddamien4887

    @geralddamien4887

    3 жыл бұрын

    Instablaster

  • @murfalious
    @murfalious6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making this very clear! It was the bit at the end that was puzzling me. Thanks again!

  • @becksblack1474
    @becksblack14743 жыл бұрын

    I know someone's already asked a similar question but at 7:21 when you're deriving the utility with respect to x, where does the 2nd 'dx' come from? (the part where it says (dU/dx)dx) In your reply you said that the extra dx shows that you're taking the partial derivative of U with respect to x, but isn't that already shown by the the dx that's in the denominator of dU/dx? In other words, if dU/dx is read as 'the derivative of U with respect to x', why would you then need the 2nd dx to show that you're taking the derivative with respect to x? Just confused as when doing calculus we've only ever put dx like that when we're doing integrals Hope my question makes sense + thanks for the video, it's really useful - this is only part I don't really get

  • @OliverEngele
    @OliverEngele8 жыл бұрын

    You're the real mvp.... thank you for this

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun12 жыл бұрын

    Thanks again! I would encourage you to like MyBookSucks on Facebook (see the link in the description of the video). This will help other students find MyBookSucks and help ease their pain in economics. Again, thanks for the positive feedback you have given. It means a lot to me to hear from students.

  • @leucbinh7397
    @leucbinh73974 жыл бұрын

    Terrific job! You made things so much easier to visualize

  • @goldiexxz3066
    @goldiexxz306611 жыл бұрын

    Great video! it was really helpful to me! thanks so much. I was sitting in class today and I did not understand what my prof was talking about.. all those indifference curves and MRS calculation. you are a life saver ! :) thanks!

  • @LaCeiba1924
    @LaCeiba192412 жыл бұрын

    As an engineering student, I hate hate hate my intro to macro/micro economics textbook! The author is so scared to use math that he gives longwinded, roundabout explanations about everything, when he could just show some basic calculus. It'd be a heck of a lot more interesting too! :( Thank you for these vids. :D

  • @pesomebeta109
    @pesomebeta10910 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. I wish you keep your motivation and bring a lot of good teaching to life.

  • @pomipol4
    @pomipol48 жыл бұрын

    At 2:40 to know the MRS he calculate delta y and delta x, but why did he do (60-40) / (20-30) ? In France, to calculate the "change in" we do Final value - Start value, so (40-60) / (30-20), why did he do the inverse?

  • @ShigureHisame

    @ShigureHisame

    7 жыл бұрын

    kadir mutlu Maybe they calculate it the other way around? you get the same results so I don't think it matters :)

  • @Maskincawiye

    @Maskincawiye

    7 жыл бұрын

    me too I wondering the same thing, I learned it this way, final value - initial = the change of either X or Y, doing this respectly .

  • @dantruon25

    @dantruon25

    6 жыл бұрын

    Because he is going from point A to point B. At point A the value is 60 for Y and 20 for X. He wants to visualize the movement from the graph. If he did it your way with the graph, it would not make sense.

  • @KhalilHomaam
    @KhalilHomaam10 жыл бұрын

    Wow ! You are the best instructor here on KZread ! every one else sucks ... ;)

  • @user-yz2ci5dm6l
    @user-yz2ci5dm6l11 ай бұрын

    Hey thank you so much for this video!! It literally saved my bacon for this semester in public finance!

  • @antonette7771
    @antonette777112 жыл бұрын

    thanks for the video i have been lost in my intermediate micro class for weeks... you just cleared everything up in ten minutes wow you should come lecture at my university !!

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    @shoeb17811 жыл бұрын

    all I can say your amazing, And I got a 2.1 last year just by watching your video and barely looked at my silly lecture notes! Thank a lot.

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun11 жыл бұрын

    Good question. dx and dy is notation. It reads as "I took the partial derivative of U(x,y) with respect to good x (or dx). So the dx tells you I am taking the derivate with respect to x. The function is U(x,y) and I probably should a video with an equation.

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun11 жыл бұрын

    Since KZread limits the number of characters, that is really hard to read! You could go to MyBookSucks facebook page and send a message (with the formula in a word document). You can see the link in the video description.

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun11 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your comment, much appreciated.

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun12 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. It is always great to good feedback and recommendations. Good luck in your classes too and make sure you let me know if you have any special requests. Also... like MyBookSucks on Facebook (see the link in video description). I post new material there and also college humor.

  • @plumstreetmusic
    @plumstreetmusic13 жыл бұрын

    I've added this and some others of yours to my urbanecondetroit channel as a refresher for my students.

  • @alam_tapia
    @alam_tapia3 жыл бұрын

    You are so good at teaching! Thanks!

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun12 жыл бұрын

    You got that right! Make sure you like MyBookSucks on FaceBook (see link in video description). We post all sorts of college humor stuff. Good luck in your classes!

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun11 жыл бұрын

    Sorry for the delayed response... This video is part of a playlist and if you go to the channel economicsfun you should see the playlist on Consumer Theory. See link in this videos description.

  • @ayushtanguria3189
    @ayushtanguria31894 жыл бұрын

    an individual's marginal utility for commodities are given by the following relation MUx= 40-5x and MUx= 20-3y. what is his marginal rate of substiturion in th3 consumption at the consumption basket X= 3, Y=5? if Px= $5 and Py= $1. Does the basket represent consumption equilibrium? Please solve this sir.

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun13 жыл бұрын

    @plumstreetmusic Wayne State is a great school. If you think of anything else your students need to review let me know I am always looking for ideas. I did enjoy your deriving demand from consumer budget video. And I did repost as a video response to my video (see below).

  • @shoumickhan3461
    @shoumickhan34617 жыл бұрын

    Economicsfun you rock! Seriously very helpful, and I know others think so too

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun12 жыл бұрын

    The actual utility functions are hard to write in comments since I can use exponents. If you google Cobb-Dougla Utility Function, then you will see a typical utility function.

  • @Hana-uv7ku
    @Hana-uv7ku Жыл бұрын

    Thanks bro😊

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun11 жыл бұрын

    You are very welcome! Make sure you like MyBookSucks on FaceBook (see link in video description). This will help me spread the word about the free videos.

  • @christianvonstorch2945
    @christianvonstorch29457 жыл бұрын

    i was promised a numerical example!!! great video by the way, thank you

  • @MrHadeedian97057
    @MrHadeedian970573 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for explaining in simple words.

  • @adrianpolydorou
    @adrianpolydorou6 жыл бұрын

    Hello , Why is Delta x of a and b 20 - 30 and not 30 -20 ? Regards

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun10 жыл бұрын

    You are very welcome. Make sure you like MyBookSucks on FaceBook (see link in video description). This will help others find the educational videos.

  • @sheraqamohammadi9522
    @sheraqamohammadi952218 күн бұрын

    What app do you use for teaching? like moving the characters.

  • @saldanagaona
    @saldanagaona Жыл бұрын

    Cool video. Very helpful. It’d be more helpful for some of us to have actual values in these examples. For me I have to see an actual problem worked out. You did good until you got to the end of the video in the last 3 minutes.

  • @ryan2009cov
    @ryan2009cov4 жыл бұрын

    Did that numerical example ever end up being made? Kind of hard to process all of this using just algebra.

  • @AsgharKhan-fd1ul
    @AsgharKhan-fd1ul12 жыл бұрын

    Great JOb. i wish teachers also taught this way in class.

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun11 жыл бұрын

    You are very welcome MrCheese! Good luck in your studies as well.

  • @silviacamacho8373
    @silviacamacho83735 жыл бұрын

    I didn't see that coming, great videooo!

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    @kindalindaable8 жыл бұрын

    I love youuuuu, and all of your amazingly helpful videos!

  • @economicsfun

    @economicsfun

    8 жыл бұрын

    +kindalindaable Ahh! aren't you sweet. I love you too and thanks for your kind words.

  • @barrybrolsma

    @barrybrolsma

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Economicsfun THANK YOUUUUUU

  • @plumstreetmusic
    @plumstreetmusic13 жыл бұрын

    @economicsfun Yep. The senior/masters level Urban Economics and Real Estate Markets course at Wayne State University in Detroit

  • @aniyahunter9474
    @aniyahunter94743 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much... you have really helped me

  • @dudley0007
    @dudley00074 жыл бұрын

    Can there be a situation where the Utility Curve is not constant? Will the equations be the same?

  • @lolaritter7518
    @lolaritter75182 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, this was very helpful

  • @MyMpc1
    @MyMpc19 жыл бұрын

    Hi thanks for this useful video..I just have one question. If utility doesn't change along an indifference curve, towards the end of the video, isn't the ratio of the marginal utilities always -1, as the marginal utilities added together equals 0, one value must be the negative of the other (a+b=0, therefore a/b=-1).

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun13 жыл бұрын

    @plumstreetmusic thanks. I take it you are teaching an advanced course in economics.

  • @jespernavne4393

    @jespernavne4393

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nice video, thank you. Which tool are you using for these videos? Its looks quite awesome how you can pull the numbers around on the screen.

  • @xunit94
    @xunit949 жыл бұрын

    Hello sir! Thank you for your video, i hope you will be able to answer this question since its an old video :/ its a simple and stupid question but when do i calculate MRS using the first method and when do i do it using calculus? Thank you!

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun12 жыл бұрын

    Great to hear the videos are helping you out. I noticed you are in Jamaica and I have never been there. Maybe I could have an impromptu economics lecture on the beach :)

  • @GBCR
    @GBCR5 жыл бұрын

    I don't get how we use MUx/MUy when we don't know MU (besides that they're variables)....???

  • @monjur-105-c5
    @monjur-105-c54 жыл бұрын

    Please,,, may i know,, which types software uses,to creat such as video....like economical graph, and write, like this video..... .. Pls know me

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun11 жыл бұрын

    Wow thank you so much. Great the videos are helping you in your classes too. Make sure you like MyBookSucks on FaceBook (see link in the video description). You will help me get the word out.

  • @MINN1EME
    @MINN1EME9 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your video! It's really helpful and easy to understand. :))

  • @economicsfun

    @economicsfun

    9 жыл бұрын

    Great to hear and thank you for your feedback. It is much appreciated.

  • @wangguan1548
    @wangguan1548 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much!

  • @katiaantonova6949
    @katiaantonova69494 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome. Thank you so much

  • @Maskincawiye
    @Maskincawiye7 жыл бұрын

    The best teacher ever, why can't all other moron teachers explain things like this, I'm indebted to your forever sir.

  • @priscillahernandez7608
    @priscillahernandez76088 жыл бұрын

    If MC is constant, What does AVC look Like on a graph?

  • @kiranpaitkiranpait8320
    @kiranpaitkiranpait83206 жыл бұрын

    Thanks you sir for your explanation is so goods

  • @barrybrolsma
    @barrybrolsma8 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU ! You are a great person ..............

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    @greensignal57215 жыл бұрын

    Wow!! Outstanding 🍁💜💐

  • @tarekdarouiche2203
    @tarekdarouiche220311 жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry I looked through the videos in this playlist and still cannot find the one with the numerical example. Do you remember the video title?

  • @shahzadawan7091
    @shahzadawan709110 жыл бұрын

    Great work.I really appreciat

  • @basports7474
    @basports74744 жыл бұрын

    utility function u= 4q-q^2 how to solve this problem

  • @kowax007
    @kowax00712 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation of the content. What is the actual function for U? e.g. U=Sqrt(x*y) something along those lines?

  • @anthonysp7223
    @anthonysp72236 жыл бұрын

    I need to be able to find MRS-xy . From a utility function

  • @comfortkabanshi5048
    @comfortkabanshi5048 Жыл бұрын

    Perfect!

  • @teljnyazhka
    @teljnyazhka11 жыл бұрын

    sorry, where is the channel economicsfun, and also what links were you referring to in this video? I can't find any other link apart from mybooksuck, and whenever I visit this website there is nothing at all...

  • @basports7474
    @basports74744 жыл бұрын

    Please draw graph of utility function u = 4q - q^2

  • @ibrohimhujamov9926
    @ibrohimhujamov99263 жыл бұрын

    Thank you😊😉

  • @plumstreetmusic
    @plumstreetmusic13 жыл бұрын

    @economicsfun Thanks. You are doing a great job. I will look through your collection a make suggestions.

  • @domogami
    @domogami6 жыл бұрын

    Did you do all of this in PowerPoint? If not what did you use to get these beautiful animations?

  • @economicsfun

    @economicsfun

    6 жыл бұрын

    I use a variety of different tools not powerpoint. I use Final Cut Studio to put the pieces together.

  • @plumstreetmusic
    @plumstreetmusic13 жыл бұрын

    Nicely done. Tasteful animation. How you thought about extending the analysis to include a price increase for x and then derive a demand curve for x?

  • @berryonah
    @berryonah3 жыл бұрын

    thank u for this !!

  • @pedermh
    @pedermh11 жыл бұрын

    Where do the dx and the dy after MUx and MUy come from? (7:20)

  • @user-qs3pu3fq2t
    @user-qs3pu3fq2t7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! This helped a lot! :)

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun12 жыл бұрын

    @blake81088 Thanks and that is great to hear. My ultimate goal is this very thing.

  • @itsBillCosbyTime
    @itsBillCosbyTime10 жыл бұрын

    you are the man

  • @preethmarioperera4525
    @preethmarioperera45254 жыл бұрын

    Thank You!!!

  • @emmanueljuma4278
    @emmanueljuma42782 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun12 жыл бұрын

    yes and may the force be with you :)

  • @sushant_
    @sushant_6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks man

  • @vishmithalanka
    @vishmithalanka3 жыл бұрын

    how find MRS at a point?

  • @dumisanichitaukali929
    @dumisanichitaukali9295 жыл бұрын

    awesome

  • @djdanman7
    @djdanman79 жыл бұрын

    Where can I find said "numerical example"?

  • @economicsfun

    @economicsfun

    9 жыл бұрын

    Daniel Grant Here is another video with some numbers kzread.info/dash/bejne/e4KHrayMYZjJis4.html. Good Luck.

  • @bmb328
    @bmb3284 жыл бұрын

    'algerbretically' 7:57

  • @economicsfun
    @economicsfun12 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your observation and I could not agree more. I believe that calculus is skipped because calculus is taught so poorly and the texts are equally bad (mybooksucks). I have experienced students do much better with the calculus explanation even if they have no prior math or calculus background.

  • @Someone-hv9zz
    @Someone-hv9zz6 жыл бұрын

    DerivaTEEV

  • @margravekevin7765
    @margravekevin77652 жыл бұрын

    I hope both sides of your pillow stays constantly cool. I love you.

  • @trishagoddard8854
    @trishagoddard88546 ай бұрын

    Where's the numerical example

  • @NawarajS.Paudel
    @NawarajS.Paudel11 жыл бұрын

    Can anybody prove it :Prove that Marginal Rate of substitution MRSxy diminishing if U=f(x1,x2) F2^2 F11-2f1f2f12+f1^2f22

  • @diflection1
    @diflection17 жыл бұрын

    why don't you teach how to get function.......................

  • @ushamukhi1414
    @ushamukhi14145 жыл бұрын

    thnk u sir but is not visible

  • @Annex41
    @Annex412 жыл бұрын

    i stopped at "mental masturbation" (by the way: i felt the same when I understood this context at uni) 😂

  • @umrankoca3862
    @umrankoca386210 ай бұрын

    did he just say what I think he said

  • @noobmaster-dm7tu
    @noobmaster-dm7tu5 жыл бұрын

    Oh, *yeah yeah*

  • @AlexVoxel
    @AlexVoxel5 жыл бұрын

    He said that, weird