People keep spending additional units of a particular resource on a want until their marginal benefit is their marginal cost

Marginal cost refers to the amount of money it cost a company to produce one more of a particular product while the marginal benefit refers to the benefit that is obtained as a result of producing that one extra product. Profit is maximized when the marginal cost equals the marginal benefits.

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answer: a federal government has final authority on interstate/inter provincial  and international affairs, a confederation is one where the central/national government or authority is governing body what does not have final say over the same matters. hopefully this and i will try again if you don't like this answer : )

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