Consider a Firm in the Short Run

question 31

Multiple Choice

Consider a firm in the short run. When the total- product curve is increasing at an increasing rate

• A) marginal product is positive but declining.
• B) average product is falling.
• C) the marginal- product curve lies below the average- product curve.
• D) marginal product is positive and increasing.
• E) average product is zero.

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