-Silvio's Pizza Is a Small Pizzeria

question 176

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. When Silvio's uses 2 ovens and hires the 3rd worker, the marginal product of labor is ________ the average product of labor, and therefore the average product of labor ________.

• A) less than; decreases
• B) less than; increases
• C) greater than; decreases
• D) greater than; increases

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