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Q.The cost incurred by producing one more unit of output is ______ cost.

(a) marginal
(b) variable
(c) total
(d) fixed
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The cost of producing one additional unit of output is called Marginal Cost, so the answer is option (a).

Marginal Cost (MC) is the addition to total cost caused by producing one more unit of output:

Marginal Cost = Change in Total Cost / Change in Output = (TCn − TCn-1)

It reflects only the change brought about by the last unit produced. In contrast:

  • Fixed cost does not change with output.
  • Variable cost changes with output but is the total (not per extra unit) variable expense. …

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