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Econ 002 - Output and costs
Law of Diminishing Returns
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
05/06/2007

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Term
Q labor
Definition
The number of workers hired by the company
Term
TP - Total Product
Definition
the output of the business
Term
MPL - Marginal Product of Labor
Definition
The extra output associated with hiring one more worker.
Term
TR - Total Revenue
Definition
price * output
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FC - Fixed Cost
Definition
The costs of operating the business that are unavoidable
Term
VC - Variable Cost
Definition
The additional cost (beyond the fixed cost) of trying to produce output. EX. labor
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TC - Total Cost
Definition
FC + VC
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MC/wkr - Marginal Cost
Definition
The extra cost of hiring one additional worker
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Profit
Definition
TR - TC
Term
MR/wkr - Marginal Revenue
Definition
The extra output the business is able to produce by hiring one additional worker.
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