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You own a small sandwich shop with two employees. They've asked you to consider hiring additional workers for the lunch shift, but you are concerned that doing so may cut into you're profits. Using the table below, calculate the marginal product, value of marginal product, and marginal profit of hiring additional workers.
What action should you take (choose one)
A. Hire two more employees
B. Hit one more employee
C. Fire one employee
D. Do not hire anyone
The local textile faces the faces the following supply curve for labor. Fill in the empty blanks.
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