Joe runs a business and needs to decide how many hours to stay open. Figure 2.2 illustrates his marginal benefit of staying open for each additional hour. Suppose that we observe Joe staying open 3 hours per day. If he is following the marginal principle, what must his marginal cost per hour be?

A. $24
B. $32
C. $40
D. $48

Answer: D

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Refer to Figure 13-6. Suppose Dell finds the relationship between the average total cost of producing notebook computers and the quantity of notebook computers produced is as shown by Figure 13-2

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