A Change in a Marginal Benefit or Cost Will

question 179

Multiple Choice

A change in a marginal benefit or cost will

• A)increase sunk costs.
• B)cause an individual to make a rational choice.
• C)increase consumption.
• D)change incentives.
• E)decrease production.

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Definitions:

Accretionary Prism

A geological structure formed by the accumulation of sediment and oceanic crust scraped off a subducting oceanic plate at a convergent plate boundary.

Volcanic Mountain Belt

A geologic region characterized by a series of volcanoes and volcanic features, often associated with plate boundaries.

Laramide Orogeny

A period of mountain-building in western North America, roughly 80 to 55 million years ago, that created the Rocky Mountains and associated ranges.

Magmatism

Geological processes related to the formation, movement, and solidification of magma or molten rock beneath or at the Earth's surface.