If the marginal product of labor is 100 and the price of labor is 10, while the marginal product of capital is 200 and the price of capital is $30, then what should the firm?

a. The firm should use relatively more capital
b. The firm should use relatively more labor
c. The firm should not make any changes – they are currently efficient
d. Using the Equimarginal Criterion, we can't determine the firm's efficiency level
e. Both c and d


b

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