If We Add Successive Laborers to Work a Given Amount

question 286

Multiple Choice

If we add successive laborers to work a given amount of land on a wheat farm, eventually

• A) average total cost will fall to zero.
• B) the increases in wheat harvested will rise at a constant rate.
• C) the increases in wheat harvested will get smaller and smaller.
• D) the increases in wheat harvested will get larger and larger.

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Definitions:

Poisson Random Variable

A type of discrete random variable that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space.

Poisson Probabilities

Probabilities calculated under the assumption of a Poisson distribution, typically used to model the number of times an event occurs in a fixed interval of time or space.

Calculate

To determine something mathematically, often by using a specific formula or procedure.

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.