1: A firm is producing optimally (maximizing profits) when the price level = $1. It pays a wage rate of $10 per hour to labor and rents capital for $8 per hour. It sells its product for $20 per unit.
At its current production point we can assume that its marginal product of labor (MPL) equals:
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2: The production function (with labor on the horizontal axis) has a slope best described as:
A - positive and increasing in value
B - positive but decreasing in value
C - negative but increasing in value
D - negative and decreasing in value