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

question 12

Multiple Choice

Recall Application 4, "Fertilizer and Crop Yields" to answer the following questions:
-Table 2.1 in the application showed that when the 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 principles of diminishing return began to take effect on the _ _ bag of fertilizer per acre.

• A) 1st
• B) 2nd
• C) 3rd
• D) 4th

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