After eating four slices of pizza, you are offered a fifth slice for free. You turn down the fifth slice. Your refusal indicates that the Multiple Choice marginal benefit for the fourth pizza slice is negative. total benefit for the fifth pizza slice is negative. marginal benefit for the fifth pizza slice is less than its marginal cost. marginal benefit for the fourth slice is the largest among all slices.

After eating four slices of pizza, you are offered a fifth slice for free. You turn down the fifth slice. Your refusal indicates that the Multiple Choice marginal benefit for the fourth pizza slice is negative. total benefit for the fifth pizza slice is negative. marginal benefit for the fifth pizza slice is less than its marginal cost. marginal benefit for the fourth slice is the largest among all slices.

Economics Today and Tomorrow, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078747663

Author:McGraw-Hill

Publisher:McGraw-Hill

Chapter7: Demand And Supply

Section7.1: Demand

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