Frank owns an apple farm and plans to spend 4 hours today picking apples. The number of apples he can pick per hour depends on the total number of hours he spends working in either the east orchard or the west orchard in the manner shown in the accompanying table below. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | }
\hline \begin{array} { c }
\text { Muurs in East } \
\text { Orchard }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c }
\text { Number af Apples } \
\text { Per Hour }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c }
\text { Hours in West } \
\text { Orchard }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c }
\text { Number d Apples } \
\text { Per Hour }
\end{array} \
\hline 1 & 40 & 1 & 10 \
\hline 2 & 32 & 2 & 10 \
\hline 3 & 25 & 3 & 10 \
\hline 4 & 20 & 4 & 10 \
\hline
\end{array}$$
What is the marginal benefit to Frank of the 2?? hour he spends picking in the east orchard?
A)8 apples
B)24 apples
C)32 apples
D)64 apples

Question

Frank owns an apple farm and plans to spend 4 hours today picking apples. The number of apples he can pick per hour depends on the total number of hours he spends working in either the east orchard or the west orchard in the manner shown in the accompanying table below. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } 
\hline \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Muurs in East } \
\text { Orchard }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Number af Apples } \
\text { Per Hour }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Hours in West } \
\text { Orchard }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Number d Apples } \
\text { Per Hour }
\end{array} \
\hline 1 & 40 & 1 & 10 \
\hline 2 & 32 & 2 & 10 \
\hline 3 & 25 & 3 & 10 \
\hline 4 & 20 & 4 & 10 \
\hline
\end{array}$$  
What is the marginal benefit to Frank of the 2?? hour he spends picking in the east orchard?
A)8 apples
B)24 apples
C)32 apples
D)64 apples

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The marginal benefit is the additional number of apples Frank can pick by spending an additional hour in the east orchard. In this case, the marginal benefit of the 2nd hour is 32 - 40 = -8 apples.

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