Question

When the average product of labor is decreasing​, the average product of labor is ▼ the marginal product of​ labor, and when the average product of labor is increasing​, the average product of labor is ▼ the marginal product of labor.

Answer 1

When the average product of labor is decreasing​, the marginal  product of labor is less than average product of the labor.

Explanation:

whenever the marginal product of labor is greater than the average product of labor the average product of labor must be increasing.

Average Product of labor is defined as the total output that a firm produces divided by the amount of workers required to produce that output.

Marginal Product of Labor is defined as the additional output produced by a firm because of hiring extra workers .

Production function is defined as the inputs used by a firm and the maximum output a firm can produce by employing those inputs

Thus we can say that When the average product of labor is decreasing​, the marginal  product of labor is less than average product of the labor.