Reference: Ref 10-1 (Table: Costs of Antibiotics) Refer to the table. The marginal social cost of the fifth unit is:

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The marginal social cost is the cost of producing an additional unit of the antibiotic. From the table, we can see that the cost of producing the fifth unit is $40 and the cost of producing the fourth unit is $5. So, the marginal cost of the fifth unit is $40 - $5 = $35. Therefore, the best choice is C.

Reference: Ref 10-1 (Table: Costs of Antibiotics) Refer to the Table