Table 13-6
Consider the Following Information About Baseball Production at Bobby's

question 66

Multiple Choice

Table 13-6
Consider the following information about baseball production at Bobby's Baseball Factory.
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$$\begin{array} { | c | c | } \hline \begin{array} { c } \text { Labor } \\\text { (Number of workers) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Marginal Product } \\\text { (Baseballs) }\end{array} \\\hline 1 & 3 \\\hline 2 & 5 \\\hline 3 & 8 \\\hline 4 & 10 \\\hline 5 & 7 \\\hline 6 & 4 \\\hline 7 & 2 \\\hline\end{array}$$ ​
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-Refer to Table 13-6. Bobby pays all his workers the same wage, and labor is his only variable cost. From this information we can conclude that Bobby's average variable cost decreases

• A)as output rises from 0 to 10, but rises after that.
• B)as output rises from 0 to 26, but rises after that.
• C)as output rises from 0 to 33, but increases after that.
• D)continually as output rises.

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