Economics (AS & A Level) · Oct / Nov 2021 · Paper 33 · Question 16
9708Types of cost, revenue and profit, short-run and long-run production
As the number of workers employed by a firm increases, the marginal product of labour decreases but remains positive. What happens to the firm's total output?
- AIt stops increasing.
- BIt increases at a constant rate.
- CIt increases at a falling rate.
- DIt increases at a rising rate.
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Correct answer: C. It increases at a falling rate.
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