Baker's marginal cost vs. marginal worth: where a self-sufficient baker stops 0 0.20 0.40 0.60 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 1.80 2.00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Cakes per Day Marginal Worth / Cost (units of Y forgone) Baker's Marginal Cost Baker's Demand for Cakes Marginal Cost = 0.80Y Marginal Worth = 0.70Y Self-sufficient Baker stops at 2 cakes per day. 0.80Y 0.70Y 3rd cake: marginal cost 0.80Y, marginal worth 0.70Y. Cost now beats worth -- Baker stops at 2 cakes for himself.