When labor increases from two to three workers, total product increases by per hour.

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Underground Sandwiches, a sandwich shop, has the following marginal product curve (labeled MP) for its hourly production.
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LABOR (Workers)
When labor increases from two to three workers, total product increases by
per hour.
MARGINAL PRODUCT (Sandwiches per worker)
Transcribed Image Text:Underground Sandwiches, a sandwich shop, has the following marginal product curve (labeled MP) for its hourly production. (? 20 18 16 14 4, 11 12 MP 10 6. 2 3 4 LABOR (Workers) When labor increases from two to three workers, total product increases by per hour. MARGINAL PRODUCT (Sandwiches per worker)
Use the orange points (square symbol) to plot the production function on the following graph. Assume that if there are no workers, Underground
Sandwiches does not have any output.
Note: Plot your points in the order in which you would like them connected. Line segments will connect the points automatically.
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72
Production Function
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QUANTITY OF LABOR (Workers)
Transcribed Image Text:Use the orange points (square symbol) to plot the production function on the following graph. Assume that if there are no workers, Underground Sandwiches does not have any output. Note: Plot your points in the order in which you would like them connected. Line segments will connect the points automatically. 80 72 Production Function 64 56 48 40 32 24 16 8 4 QUANTITY OF LABOR (Workers)
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