Firms Should Hire Additional Units of a Resource as Long

question 152

Multiple Choice

Firms should hire additional units of a resource as long as the

• A) marginal product of the resource exceeds the price of the resource multiplied by the quantity of output produced.
• B) marginal product of the resource is less than the price of the resource.
• C) price of the output produced is positive.
• D) marginal revenue product of the resource exceeds the cost of employing an additional unit of the resource.

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