State each of the 4 features of preferences and an example of each being violated.

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Q: Slices of Pizza Total Utility 50 Marginal Utility 21 90 3\ 120 4. 5. 130 137 120 5) In the above…

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A: TUx  = 50x - 5x^2 TUy = 32y - 4y^2 Px = 5 Py = 8 Income = 120

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