Use the Following to Answer Question(s): Demand and Supply of Bricklayers

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Use the following to answer question(s) : Demand and Supply of Bricklayers in a Perfectly Competitive Labor Market

-(Exhibit: Demand and Supply of Bricklayers in a Perfectly Competitive Labor Market) If the price for "bricks laid in the wall" by a bricklayer is $.10 a brick, the marginal product of the second bricklayer is _______ bricks.

• A) 1,500
• B) 1,400
• C) 1,300
• D) 1,200

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