-Silvio's Pizza Is a Small Pizzeria

question 18

Multiple Choice

-Silvio's Pizza is a small pizzeria. The firm's production function is shown in the table above. Suppose that Silvio's costs include only the cost of renting ovens, which is $100 per oven per week, the labor cost, $280 per worker per week, and the opportunity cost of Silvio's entrepreneurship, $1,000 per week. Suppose Silvio's uses Plant 2. If Silvio hires the 4th worker, the firm will experience ________ marginal returns.

• A) diminishing
• B) increasing
• C) constant
• D) zero

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Cannibalization

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Logo

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