The law of diminishing marginal utility states that the marginal utility of my tenth pistachio is less than the marginal utility of my third pistachio,other things constant.

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The law of diminishing marginal utility states that the additional satisfaction or utility gained from consuming one more unit of a good or service will eventually decrease as more units are consumed, holding all other factors constant. This means that the marginal utility of the tenth pistachio (or any additional unit) will be less than the marginal utility of the third pistachio as the consumer's desire for pistachios decreases with each additional unit consumed.

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