Recall Application 4, "Fertilizer and Crop Yields" to Answer the Following

question 38

Multiple Choice

Recall Application 4, "Fertilizer and Crop Yields" to answer the following questions:
-As bags of nitrogen applied went from 0 to 1 to 2 to 3 to 4, crop yield went from 85 to 120 to 135 to 144 to 147 bushels per acre. The results show that as more bags of nitrogen was added, holding all other inputs constant, output:

• A) rose but at an increasing rate.
• B) rose but at a declining rate.
• C) stayed the same.
• D) fell.

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