Marginal Benefit of Burgers

Let's see how the marginal benefit of burgers varies as the consumer eats more burgers in our example:

Table 4: Marginal Benefit of Burgers

Burgers Total
Benefit Marginal
Benefit

0 0

10

1 10

5

2 15

2

3 17

1

4 18

Burgers	Total Benefit	Marginal Benefit
0	0
10
1	10
5
2	15
2
3	17
1
4	18

We see that the marginal benefit from burgers declines from $10 for the first burger, in a particular week, to $5, $2, and $1 as the consumption of burgers increases to four and the total benefit rises to $18.