When a Cherry Orchard in British Colombia Adds a Worker,the

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Multiple Choice

When a cherry orchard in British Colombia adds a worker,the total cost of production increases by $24 000.Adding the worker increases the total cherry output by 600 kilograms.Therefore,the marginal cost of the last kilogram of cherries produced is:

• A) $40.
• B) $19.
• C) $4 000.
• D) $24 000.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Explanation

An understanding or interpretation focusing on mental processes such as perception, memory, and reasoning.

UCS

An abbreviation for Unconditioned Stimulus, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior conditioning.

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Inborn, automatic responses to specific stimuli that are not learned but rather naturally occur in all members of a species.

Conditioning

The process of learning associations between environmental stimuli and behavioral responses, often distinguished as classical or operant conditioning.