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 table below. What is the marginal benefit to Frank of the 2^nd hour he spends picking in the east orchard?

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If Frank spends 1 hour in the east orchard he can pick 40 apples. If he spends 2 hours in the east orchard, he can pick 64 (= 32 F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 2) apples. Thus, the marginal benefit of the 2^nd hour he spends picking in the east orchard is 24 (= 64 - 40).

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