Alan Jones owns a company that sells life insurance. When he employs 10 salespersons his firm sells $200,000 worth of contracts per week, and when he employs 11 salespersons, total revenue is $210,000 . The marginal revenue product of the 11th salesperson is:
a. $410,000.
b. $10,000.
c. $20,000.
d. $210,000.
b
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A) adopt the new technology temporarily incur an economic loss. B) adopt the new technology temporarily make an economic profit. C) do not adopt the new technology temporarily make an economic profit. D) do not adopt the new technology increase their market share. E) do not adopt the new technology continue to make a normal profit.
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A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
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Explain in terms of consumer surplus why this makes sense from both the company's perspective and that of the consumer.
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c. decrease their fixed cost of production. d. benefit from economies of scale.