A Profit-Maximizing Firm Will Employ a Resource Up to the Point

question 187

Multiple Choice

A profit-maximizing firm will employ a resource up to the point where

• A)its marginal resource cost equals its marginal revenue product
• B)its marginal resource cost equals its marginal product
• C)its marginal resource cost equals the marginal revenue of the output
• D)its marginal resource cost equals the price of the resource
• E)the price of the resource equals the marginal revenue of the output

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