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(Figure: Unknown Curve) You are a cabinetmaker who employs several workers to pr

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Question

(Figure: Unknown Curve) You are a cabinetmaker who employs several workers to produce kitchen and bathroom cabinets. Your summer intern has created a graph showing a relationship between the number of cabinetmakers you employ and the number of cabinets produced. Unfortunately, your intern has failed to identify this curve. It is likely the ________ curve:

total cost

total variable cost

total product

marginal product

A.

total cost

B.

total variable cost

C.

total product

D.

marginal product

Quantity of cabinets Quantity of labor (workers)

Explanation / Answer

The given curve represents the relationship between the output produced at each level of worker. This depicts the total product curve.

OPTION C