At the Competitive Firm's Profit-Maximizing Quantity of Labor

question 163

Multiple Choice

At the competitive firm's profit-maximizing quantity of labor:

• A)the value of the last worker's marginal product is greater than or equal to marginal cost of that input.
• B)the value of the last worker's marginal product is less than the marginal cost of that input.
• C)marginal profits are always positive.
• D)None of these statements is true.

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