With the addition of the fourth unit of input, the marginal product is   Multiple Choice   10 and the average product is 42.   74 and the average product is 10.5.   10 and the average product is 10.5.   10.5 and the average product is 10.

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Chapter7: Production Economics
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The question is based on the following table, which provides information on the production of a product that requires one variable input.

 

Input Total Product
0 0
1 5
2 20
3 32
4 42
5 50
6 55
7 58
8 58
9 56

 

With the addition of the fourth unit of input, the marginal product is

 

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    10 and the average product is 42.
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    74 and the average product is 10.5.
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    10 and the average product is 10.5.
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    10.5 and the average product is 10.
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