Figure 7-17 -Which of the Following Statements Must Be True When a Be

question 178

Multiple Choice

Figure 7-17

-Which of the following statements must be true when a firm makes choices that put it at point A in Figure 7-17?

• A)The firm is minimizing its cost of producing 100 units of output.
• B)The ratio of the marginal physical products of labor and of land equals the ratio of the prices of labor and of land.
• C)The firm first decided how much output to produce and then decided how to produce it.
• D)All of the above are true.

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