Suppose a Certain Firm Is Able to Produce 165 Units

question 326

Multiple Choice

Suppose a certain firm is able to produce 165 units of output per day when 15 workers are hired. The firm is able to produce 181 units of output per day when 16 workers are hired, holding other inputs fixed. The marginal product of the 16th worker is

• A)10 units of output.
• B)11 units of output.
• C)16 units of output.
• D)181 units of output.

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Definitions:

Retained Earnings

The portion of a company's profit that is held or retained and not paid out as dividends to shareholders, often used for reinvestment in the business or to pay down debt.

Intra-Entity Transfer

Transactions involving assets, services, or funds between divisions or units within the same company, impacting financial statements when aggregated.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used by firms to assess the profits earned from their investments in other companies by recording such profits in proportion to their ownership stake in the invested company.

Consolidation

The process of combining the financial statements of a parent company with those of its subsidiaries to create a single set of financials.