Silvio's Pizza is a small pizzeria. The firm's production function is shown in the table above

Suppose that Silvio's costs include only the cost of renting ovens, which is $100 per oven per week, the labor cost, $280 per worker per week, and the opportunity cost of Silvio's entrepreneurship, $1,000 per week. Suppose Silvio's uses Plant 2. If Silvio hires the 4th worker, the firm will experience ________ marginal returns. A) diminishing
B) increasing
C) constant
D) zero


A

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