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What is the difference between marginal cost and marginal revenue?

Marginal cost is the money earned from selling one more unit of a good. Marginal revenue is the money paid for producing one more unit of a good.
Marginal cost is the money paid for producing one more unit of a good. Marginal revenue is the money earned from selling one more unit of a good.
Marginal cost is the money a producer might make from one more unit. Marginal revenue is the money a producer actually makes from one more unit.
Marginal cost is the money a producer actually makes from one more unit. Marginal revenue is the money a producer might make from one more unit.

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The correct choice is the second one:

- Marginal cost is the money paid for producing one more unit of a good.
- Marginal revenue is the money earned from selling one more unit of a good.

Brief note: firms maximize profit by producing up to the quantity where marginal revenue equals marginal cost (MR = MC). Mathematically, MC = dC/dQ and MR = dR/dQ.