Principles of Economics (Second Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393614077
Author: coppock, Lee; Mateer, Dirk
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 8, Problem 3QFR
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Role of diminishing marginal product in determination of ideal labor-capital combination of a firm
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