Figure: the Value of the Marginal Product Curve

question 181

Multiple Choice

Figure: The Value of the Marginal Product Curve
(Figure: The Value of the Marginal Product Curve) In the figure The Value of the Marginal Product Curve, if the market wage rate increases:

• A)the VMPL curve will shift to the right.
• B)the profit-maximizing quantity of labor will increase.
• C)the VMPL curve will shift to the left.
• D)the profit-maximizing quantity of labor will decrease.

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