Eric is a house painter. he can paint 8 houses per month on his own. he is considering hiring his friend marty to with his house painting business. marty has less experience than eric and can paint 5 houses per month on his own. together, eric and marty can paint 15 houses per month. what is the marginal benefit to eric (in terms of number of houses his business can paint per month) from hiring marty?

1. which one of the following would be an example of a supply-side market failure? a. a gas station is slowly leaking diesel fuel from its underground tanks, and after the leak is discovered, the business immediately cleans up the pollution at its own expense. b. a gas station is slowly leaking diesel fuel from its underground tanks, but the state uses taxpayer money to clean up the pollution rather than requiring the business to pay. c. your business wants to attract repeat customers by putting on a customer-appreciation picnic at a public park, but you decide not to because you couldn't prevent noncustomers from consuming the food and entertainment you provided. d. everyone rushes to the local retail outlet at midnight on the day of the release of a new video game console, and the store runs out before everyone is able to buy one.