The Benefit of a One-Unit Increase in an Activity

question 315

Multiple Choice

The benefit of a one-unit increase in an activity

• A) is called marginal cost.
• B) is always greater than the opportunity cost of that activity.
• C) decreases as you do more of it.
• D) is measured by what you must give up.
• E) is called rational-choice benefit.

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