It is reasonable to expect that as the amount of physical capital is increased, the amount of output produced will increase at a constant rate. increase at a diminishing rate. increase at an increasing rate. decrease.
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Step 1: The law of diminishing returns states that as more and more units of a variable input are added to a fixed input, the marginal product of the variable input will eventually decline. Show more…
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