Number of workersUnits of output0012525539541255150
Refer to Table 5.2, which gives a firm's production function. Assume that all non-labor inputs are fixed. Diminishing returns set in with the addition of the:
A. third worker.
B. fourth worker.
C. fifth worker.
D. sixth worker.
Answer: B
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