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Bob-Dole

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Question 1

A soybean farmer sells soybeans in a perfectly competitive market and hires labor in a perfectly competitive market. The market price of soybeans is $6 a bushel, the wage rate is $30, and the farmer employs eight workers. If the farmer is maximizing his profits, then the marginal product of the eighth worker is ________.


◦ 0.2 bushels
◦ 5 bushels
◦ 20 bushels
◦ indeterminate from the given information

Question 2

The law of diminishing marginal returns explains why a marginal revenue product schedule


◦ first declines and then increases.
◦ is always negative.
◦ eventually increases.
◦ eventually declines.
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