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What is the law of diminishing marginal returns? Will a firm experience diminishing marginal returns in the short run if its production function is: a. $q=K+L ?$ b. $q=K L ?$ c. $q=K L^{0.5}$ ? $\mathrm{C}$

          What is the law of diminishing marginal returns? Will a firm experience diminishing marginal returns in the short run if its production function is:
a. $q=K+L ?$
b. $q=K L ?$
c. $q=K L^{0.5}$ ? $\mathrm{C}$

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Principles of Economics

Gregory Mankiw 8th Edition

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04/06/2022

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In other words, after an optimal level of capacity is reached, the company will experience a lower return with each additional unit of input while other factors remain constant. a. For the production function $q=K+L$, the firm will not experience diminishing Show more…

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