The pumping cost for delivering water from the Ohio River to Wheeling Steel for cooling hot rolled steel was $1.8 million for th
e first 4 years. An effective energy conservation program resulted in a reduced cost of $1.77 million in year 5, and $1.74 million in year 6, and amounts decreasing by $30,000 each year through year 10. What is the present worth of the pumping costs in year 0 at an interest rate of 6% per year
Explanation: Marginal benefit refers to the additional benefit that a customer get by consuming one additional unit of a commodity.
In the given case, the marginal benefit for the customer is positive for both of the goods. Also if he chooses to but one more unit of anything in place of other than he will not able to use his budget properly.
Thus, from the above we can conclude that the correct option is C.
The principal of rights theory says individuals should have the maximum freedom and rights and those are only limited if the rights would infringe on rights of other people
