Scenario: the Decision to Hire Labor Assume That Both the Product

question 207

Multiple Choice

Scenario: The Decision to Hire Labor Assume that both the product market and the labor market are perfectly competitive.The price of this firm's product is $5.The firm's total product with respect to labor is given in the table that follows.
(Scenario: The Decision to Hire Labor) Look at the scenario The Decision to Hire Labor.The marginal product of the fourth worker is:

• A)7.
• B)21.
• C)3.
• D)15.

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