Laura is a manager for HP. When Laura must decide whether to produce a few additional printers, she is choosing at the margin when she compares
A) the total revenue from sales of printers to the total cost of producing all the printers.
B) the extra revenue from selling a few additional printers to the extra costs of producing the printers.
C) the extra revenue from selling a few additional printers to the average cost of producing the additional printers.
D) HP's printers to printers from competing companies, such as Lexmark.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Choosing at the margin means comparing the additional benefits of an action to the additional costs. In this case, the correct answer involves comparing the extra revenue from selling a few more printers to the extra costs of producing those printers.

Laura Is a Manager for HP