For a Firm Selling Its Product in a Purely Competitive

question 102

Multiple Choice

For a firm selling its product in a purely competitive market, the marginal revenue product of labor can be found by

• A)adding marginal product to total product as one more unit of labor is employed.
• B)adding marginal revenue to total product as one more unit of labor is employed.
• C)multiplying marginal product by product price.
• D)dividing marginal product by product price.

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