The Profit-Maximizing Quantity of Labour Equates the Marginal Product of Labour

question 7

Multiple Choice

The profit-maximizing quantity of labour equates the marginal product of labour with

• A) total factor productivity.
• B) the marginal product of capital.
• C) the real wage.
• D) the average product of labour.
• E) the slope of the production function.

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