Minneapolis Business Rogue Chocolatier Sells Specialty Chocolate Bars with a High

question 161

Multiple Choice

Minneapolis business Rogue Chocolatier sells specialty chocolate bars with a high cocoa content. Rogue can produce 15 chocolate bars per day with one employee, 29 with 2, 35 with 3 and 40 with 4 employees. Which statement is TRUE?

• A) Rogue's marginal product curve decreases continually.
• B) Rogue's marginal product curve initially increases and then decreases.
• C) Rogue's total product curve increases at an increasing rate.
• D) Rogue's marginal product curve decreases initially and then increases.

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