Question

When caroline's dress factory hires two workers, the total product is 50 dresses. when she hires three workers, total product is 60, and when she hires four workers, total product is 65. the slope of the marginal product curve when two to four workers are hired is?

Answer 1

With the increase in the hiring of workers each time, the production of the dresses also increased though not too much of an increase. So the slope of the marginal product curve when two to four workers are hired is downward sloping.