Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 228

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
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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