The opportunity cost of providing a public good to an additional individual is
A) infinite.
B) zero.
C) impossible to determine.
D) high because of the exclusion principle.

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The opportunity cost of providing a public good to an additional individual is zero because public goods are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning one person's consumption does not reduce availability for others, and it costs nothing to provide it to one more person.

The Opportunity Cost of Providing a Public Good to an Additional