Suppose a business finds that output varies according to the following schedule as it adds more workers:
Workers Total Product Marginal Product Average Product
0 0 -
1 10 10
2 25 12.5
3 42
4 58
5 70
Fill in the marginal product and average product columns. Diminishing marginal returns is encountered with the addition of which worker?
2. Notice that average product (that is, output per worker) continues to rise after marginal product has fallen. Why? How can it be that output per worker can rise after the point of diminishing returns has been encountered?