Say You Are the Owner of a Pizza Place

question 10

Multiple Choice

Say you are the owner of a Pizza place. You know that when you produce 10 pizzas, the average product of each of your workers is 10, and the marginal product of your last worker is 15. From this information you know that

• A)the marginal product is increasing.
• B)the average product is increasing.
• C)the average product is decreasing.
• D)the marginal product is decreasing.

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Definitions:

Wage Rate

The amount of compensation paid to an employee per unit of time (e.g., hour, day, week) for their labor.

Direct Materials Quantity Variance

This measures the difference between the actual quantity of materials used in production and the standard amount expected to be used.

Standard Costs

Pre-determined or estimated costs for products or services used for budgeting and performance evaluation purposes.

Actual Costs

The genuine costs incurred in the production or acquisition of goods and services.