The table below shows the workers engaged by an agricultural firm over a period of time. Study it and answer the questions that follow;

Number of workers Total product Marginal product Average product
0 0 0 0
1 20 20 20
2 50 30 z
3 70 20 23.3
4 80 y 20
5 80 0 16
6 x -9.8 11.7

(a) Calculate the values of X, Y, and Z.

(b) At what level of employment of labour does the firm experience:

i. increasing returns 
ii. decreasing returns 
ii. negative returns

(c) State the law of diminishing returns

(d) i. On a graph sheet, draw the total product and marginal product curves.

ii. State any two relationships between the two curves in (d)(i) above

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Reydelaelite
3 months ago

the 1bi answer seems to be wrong

Emmygraphy
4 years ago

There's no graph in the answer

mcsss
4 years ago

there is no graph in the answer though it is needed

Semooretj
4 years ago

The diagram in the explanation for part d(i) is not showing

SuleimanOmami11
3 years ago

meh meh meh graph?

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