Consider the market for capital equipment. Suppose the value of the marginal product of capital equipment increases. Holding all else constant, the equilibrium quantity of capital equipment will

a. increase.
b. decrease.
c. not change.
d. It is not possible to determine what will happen to the equilibrium quantity of capital equipment.


a

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