Marginal revenue product measures the

A. increase in total revenue resulting from the production of one more unit of a product.
B. increase in total resource cost resulting from the hire of one extra unit of a resource.
C. amount by which the extra production of one more worker increases a firm's total revenue.
D. decline in product price that a firm must accept to sell the extra output of one more worker.


Answer: C

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