Economics Today: The Micro View, Student Value Edition (19th Edition)
Economics Today: The Micro View, Student Value Edition (19th Edition)
19th Edition
ISBN: 9780134479804
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 22, Problem 18P
To determine

The average product of labor and the marginal product of labor.

Concept Introduction:

Total product: Total product is the total volume of goods and services produced by a firm’s given inputs. The total product is found out by the following formula

          Economics Today: The Micro View, Student Value Edition (19th Edition), Chapter 22, Problem 18P , additional homework tip  1

Marginal product of Labour: Marginal product of labor is defined as the change in the output caused by adding one more unit of the labour. The marginal product of labour can be found out by the following formula.

          Economics Today: The Micro View, Student Value Edition (19th Edition), Chapter 22, Problem 18P , additional homework tip  2

Average product of labour: It is the average that each worker can contribute to total quantity produced.

The average product of the labour can be found out by the following formula.

          Economics Today: The Micro View, Student Value Edition (19th Edition), Chapter 22, Problem 18P , additional homework tip  3

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