3 MRS conditions for Cobb Douglas, Perfect Complements and Perfect Substitutes

In the following videos, we try to find MRS for several utility functions, say, cobb douglas, perfect complements, perfect substitutes. MRS calculates the rate at which one good is substituted for another, keeping utility constant. MRS for Cobb Douglas changes at every point along an indifference curve. MRS for perfect complements is same along a vertical or horizontal strip, while it is not defined at the kink. In case of perfect substitutes, MRS is same along the entire indifference curve.

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