Decreasing Marginal Returns

question 36

Multiple Choice

Decreasing marginal returns

• A) can be avoided if a firm watches costs.
• B) affect all firms, but at different production levels.
• C) affect all firms at the same level of production.
• D) disappear when the firm produces a large enough level of output.
• E) mean that the average product of labor starts as a negative number and then becomes positive.

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