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ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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Consider a small firm that is producing winter jackets. It can lease an additional sewing machine for one month for $2400. With this additional machine, the firm can produce an additional 4 jackets during that time period that it sells for $550 each. Hiring the marginal machine adds ________ to the firm's profit and so it should ________ the machine.

Select one:

a. $200; lease

b. $0; be indifferent as to whether to lease

c. -$2400; not lease

d. $2400; lease

e. -$200; not lease

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Step 1: Define marginal cost

Marginal cost (MC) is a fundamental concept in economics that shows the additional cost incurred by producing one more unit of a product or service. It's a critical concept in production and pricing decisions for businesses and plays a key role in various economic models.

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