Are Based on the Short-Run Production Function in the Graph

question 40

Multiple Choice

are based on the short-run production function in the graph at right.






-The slope of line segment 0D can be interpreted as the:

• A)marginal product of labor at Y
• B)total product of labor over the range 0Y
• C)value of labor's marginal product at Y
• D)the greatest possible total product of labor

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