The Opportunity Cost of a One-Unit Increase in an Activity

question 140

Multiple Choice

The opportunity cost of a one-unit increase in an activity

• A)is measured by what the person is willing to give up to get one more unit of the activity.
• B)is called marginal cost.
• C)decreases as you do more of it.
• D)is greater than the marginal benefit.
• E)is called rational cost.

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