Heather has one employee in her sweater shop who can sew six sweaters a day.When she hires a second person,the two employees can make 10 sweaters together.As it relates to thinking at the margin,the extra benefit received from hiring a second worker is:

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Thinking at the margin means analyzing the benefits and costs of making incremental changes. In this case, Heather is considering hiring a second employee. The benefit of hiring the second employee is the additional sweaters that can be made. From the information given, the first employee can sew six sweaters a day, and the two employees together can produce 10 sweaters a day. This means that the additional benefit of hiring the second employee is four sweaters a day (10-6=4). Therefore, the correct answer is C) four sweaters.

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