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javeds

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The law of diminishing marginal returns states
 
  A) that at some point, adding more of a variable input to a given amount of a fixed input will cause the marginal product of the variable input to decline.
  B) that at some point, adding more of a fixed input to a given amount of variable inputs will cause the marginal product of the variable input to decline.
  C) that in the presence of a fixed factor, at some point average product of labor starts to fall as more and more variable inputs are added.
  D) average total costs of production initially fall and after some point starts to rise at a decreasing rate as output increases.

Question 2

Refer to Table 13-2. What is the marginal profit from producing and selling the 5th case?
 
  A) 275 B) 145 C) 35 D) 20


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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D



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