Daryn is raking leaves to earn money for his university's economics club. In the first hour, he rakes 8 bags of leaves. In the second hour, he rakes 6 bags of leaves. If he earns $8 per hour, the value of the marginal product of the second hour of labor is $48.

Marginal Product

The additional output produced by using one more unit of a input, holding all other inputs constant, used in the analysis of production efficiency.

Raking Leaves

The activity of gathering fallen leaves into a pile using a rake, often performed as part of garden maintenance or cleanup.