After Suzie, owner of Suzie's Sweet Shop, hires her 8th worker the average product of labor declines. Which of the following statements must be true?
A) The average product of labor is negative.
B) The marginal product of the 8th worker is negative.
C) The marginal product of the 8th worker is less than the average product of labor before the 8th worker was hired.
D) Suzie's profits would be greater if she did not hire the 8th worker.
C
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Use the following consumption schedule to answer the next question. 
Disposable income equals consumption at
A. point D. B. point C. C. point G. D. point A.
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A) $2.00 per pound. B) $225 million. C) $0.80 per pound. D) $0.50 per pound.
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a. temporarily; decreasing inflation b. temporarily; increasing inflation c. permanently; decreasing inflation d. permanently; increasing inflation