Who Made the First Clear Statement of the Law of Superposition

question 99

Multiple Choice

Who made the first clear statement of the law of superposition? When?

• A) John Stuart Priestly, 19^thcentury
• B) William Smith, 18^th century
• C) Nicolaus Steno, 17^th century
• D) John Wesley Powell, 19^th century

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Definitions:

Labor Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the quantity of labor supplied and the wage rate.

Diminishing Returns

A principle stating that the addition of more of one factor of production, holding all else constant, will at some point yield lower incremental per-unit returns.

Marginal Product

The additional output resulting from the use of one more unit of a variable input, holding other inputs constant.

Cookie Production

The process of baking cookies, which involves mixing ingredients according to a recipe, shaping, and then heating them in an oven until done.