Capital (K) Labour (L) Total Product (TP) Average Product (AP) Marginal Product (MP)
Capital (K) Labour (L) Total Product (TP) Average Product (AP) Marginal Product (MP)
Capital (K) Labour (L) Total Product (TP) Average Product (AP) Marginal Product (MP)
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
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Total Product (TP)
Question # 02
a) .
Capital
(K)
Labour
(L)
Total Product
(TP)
Average Product
(AP)
Marginal Product
(MP)
10 0 0 - -
10 1 5 5 5
10 2 15 7.5 10
10 3 30 10 15
10 4 50 12.5 20
10 5 75 15 25
10 6 85 14.17 10
10 7 90 12.86 5
10 8 92 11.5 2
10 9 92 10.22 0
10 10 90 9 -2
b) .
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Average Product (AP) Marginal Product (MP)
c) From 6
th
unit (i.e. after the 5
th
worker) at the output level of 75 there are
diminishing marginal returns, that is 10.
d) AP is maximum at 5
th
unit .i.e. 15