At the competitive firm's profit-maximizing quantity of labor:

A. marginal profits are always positive.
B. the value of the last worker's marginal product is greater than or equal to marginal cost of that input.
C. the average product of labor is equal to the wage rate.
D. the value of the last worker's marginal product is less than the marginal cost of that input.


Answer: B

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