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A consumer chooses an optimal consumption point where the

a. marginal rate of substitution equals the relative price ratio.

b. slope of the indifference curve exceeds the slope of the budget constraint.

C. ratios of all the marginal utilities are equal.

d. All of the above are correct.

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