Marginal Benefit

question 110

Multiple Choice

Marginal benefit:

• A)is the subsidiary benefit from an activity;for example,the main benefit from weight training is an increase in muscle mass,and the subsidiary or marginal benefit might be a reduction in cholesterol.
• B)is the addition to total benefit due to undertaking one more unit of an activity.
• C)must be increasing if total benefit is increasing.
• D)normally increases as more of an activity is undertaken.

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Definitions:

Basilar Membrane

A critical structure in the cochlea of the inner ear that plays a key role in the sense of hearing by vibrating in response to sound.

Auditory Stimulus

A sound or noise that triggers a response in the auditory system of the brain.

Hair Cells

Sensory cells located in the inner ear that transduce mechanical sound vibrations into neural signals, enabling hearing.

Auditory Receptors

Specialized cells located within the inner ear that convert sound waves into electrical signals, which the brain interprets as sound.