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folubunmi

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If a firm is experiencing diminishing marginal returns to labor, which of the following must be true?
 a. The first workers the firm hired were better than the workers hired later on.
  b. The firm is experiencing decreasing returns to scale.
  c. The positive effect of specialization in production is being offset by the negative effect of crowding of inputs.
  d. Output is decreasing.
  e. The firm should buy more nonlabor inputs.

Question 2

The law of diminishing returns explains why
 a. monopolies have a guaranteed profit margin
  b. short-run MC and AVC curves are U-shaped
  c. the production possibilities curve is bowed out
  d. long run supply curves are downward sloping
  e. total product is a straight line



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yasmin

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B




folubunmi

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Reply 2 on: Jun 30, 2018
Gracias!


upturnedfurball

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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