If producers who hire labor in a competitive labor market decide to purchase the new automated machine that completes the work of 30 employees, we would expect the labor-demand curve to shift to the:

A. left and wages would rise.
B. right and wages would rise.
C. left and wages would decrease.
D. right and wages would decrease.


Answer: C

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