For Elliot's dog-walking service, the only variable input is labor. Elliot's labor costs are $300 a day and his service walks 30 dogs per day. To walk 31 dogs per day, his labor costs increase to $305 a day. The marginal cost of walking that 31st dog is
A) $5.
B) $9.83.
C) $19.52.
D) indeterminate from the information given.
A) $5.
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A) a monopoly B) a deadweight loss C) subsidies D) an external cost E) a big tradeoff
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A) $1 B) $35 C) $100 D) $400
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A) capital stock is overestimated. B) capital stock is underestimated. C) labor force is overestimated. D) labor force is underestimated.
Another term that could be used for elasticity is
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