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Question

If a consumer's marginal benefit from consuming an additional unit of a good is $10 and the marginal cost is $12, what should the consumer do?

Accepted Answer

Do not consume the additional unit because the marginal cost exceeds the marginal benefit.

Answer

Consume the additional unit because the marginal benefit is greater than zero.

Answer

Consume the additional unit only if the marginal cost is reduced to $8.

Answer

Consume the additional unit because the marginal benefit exceeds the marginal cost.