Which of the Following Demonstrates Marginal Thinking

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following demonstrates marginal thinking?

• A) Deciding to never eat meat.
• B) Deciding to spend one more hour studying economics tonight because you think the improvement on your next text will be large enough to make it worthwhile to you.
• C) Deciding to go to a Sociology class that you usually skip because there is a guest lecturer you are really interested in hearing that day.
• D) Both b. and c. demonstrate marginal thinking.

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