If a Firm Hires Another Worker and Her Marginal Product

question 157

Multiple Choice

If a firm hires another worker and her marginal product of labor is negative,we know that the firm's total output is

• A) increasing.
• B) decreasing.
• C) equal to the marginal product of that worker.
• D) unchanged.
• E) zero.

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