Economics Today: The Micro View (18th Edition)
Economics Today: The Micro View (18th Edition)
18th Edition
ISBN: 9780133885071
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 22, Problem 14P
To determine

The marginal product of hiring five workers instead of four and the weekly wage rate earned by the 5th worker.

Concept Introduction:

Marginal product: The marginal product is defined as the change in the total production of the commodity by adding an additional unit of variable input. The marginal product of a commodity is found out by dividing the change in total production divided by the change in the variable input.

      Marginal productEconomics Today: The Micro View (18th Edition), Chapter 22, Problem 14P

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