Ashley eats two bananas during a particular day.The marginal benefit she enjoys from eating the second banana
A)can be thought of as the total benefit Ashley enjoys by eating two bananas minus the total benefit she would have enjoyed by eating just the first banana.
B)determines Ashley's marginal cost of the first and second bananas.
C)does not depend on how many bananas Ashley has already eaten.
D)cannot be determined unless we know how much she paid for the bananas.

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The marginal benefit of eating the second banana can be thought of as the additional benefit that Ashley receives from eating the second banana beyond the benefit she already received from eating the first banana. Therefore, it can be calculated as the total benefit of eating two bananas minus the total benefit of eating just one banana.

Ashley Eats Two Bananas During a Particular Day