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Redwolflake15

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Because the value of marginal product diminishes as the quantity of labor employed increases, the ________ the wage rate, the ________ workers the firm hires.
 
  A) lower; more
  B) higher; more
  C) lower; fewer
  D) None of the above answers is correct because there is no relationship between the wage rate and the number of workers hired.

Question 2

The above figure is for a firm in monopolistic competition. The diagram represents the short run rather than the long run because the
 
  A) MR curve cuts the ATC curve from below.
  B) MR curve and the D curve do not coincide.
  C) firm is incurring an economic loss.
  D) firm is making an economic profit.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D



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