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    Law of Deminishing Return

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    Law of Diminishing Returns The Law of Diminishing Returns says that when some inputs are fixed in capacity in the short run‚ increasing the variable input working with the fixed inputs would first lead to increasing additional output per additional unit of variable input‚ but eventually decreasing additional output per additional unit of variable input after the optimal capacity of the fixed input has been exceeded. Let’s look at a simple short-run production process where there is a fixed input

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    between marginal cost and marginal product. Marginal cost is the additional cost attributed to an additional unit produced. Marginal product is the increase in the total product due to an additional resource allocation. The marginal cost and marginal return have an inverse relationship and can almost be represented as mirror images of each other. The peak of the marginal product corresponds with the lowest point of the marginal cost. Thus as marginal product increases

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    In the background to supply‚ we notice about the terms "total product"‚ "marginal product" and "average product". These three figures are the foundation upon which the analysis of short-run production for a firm is analyzed. Total product is the total quantity of output produced by a firm for a given quantity of inputs. The usual framework is to analyze total product when in a variable input (labor) changes‚ for a given amount of a fixed input (capital). Diagram 1 In diagram 1‚ as the curve shows

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    Total‚ average‚ and marginal product Total Product Curve The total product (or total physical product) of a variable factor of production identifies what outputs are possible using various levels of the variable input. This can be displayed in either a chart that lists the output level corresponding to various levels of input‚ or a graph that summarizes the data into a “total product curve”. The diagram shows a typical total product curve. In this example‚ output increases as more inputs

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    LAW OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY: The law of diminishing marginal utility describes a familiar and fundamental tendency of humanbehavior. The law of diminishing marginal utility states that: “As a consumer consumes more and more units of a specific commodity‚ the utility from the successiveunits goes on diminishing”. Mr. H. Gossen‚ a German economist‚ was first to explain this law in 1854. Alfred Marshal later onrestated this law in the following words: “The additional benefit which a person

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    that a firm is manufacturing is in direct connection with the marginal product. Sometimes‚ less is more and less employees using the right equipment and technologies are able to perform much efficient that a greater number of employees that are using old tools in their activity. . As you well said‚ marginal cost and marginal product are strongly connected. When the value of the marginal cost is dropping‚ the value of the marginal product is raising and vice-versa. The quantity of the inputs can’t

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    Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility’ A law of economics stating that as a person increases consumption of a product - while keeping consumption of other products constant - there is a decline in the marginal utility that person derives from consuming each additional unit of that product. EXPLANATION This is the premise on which buffet-style restaurants operate. They entice you with "all you can eat‚" all the while knowing each additional plate of food provides less utility than the one before

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    Law of Equi Marginal Utility According to this‚ a consumer is in equilibrium when he distributes his given money income among various goods in such a way that marginal utility derived from the last rupee spent on each good is the same. Assumptions The main assumptions of the law of equi-marginal utility are as under: (1) Independent utilities. The marginal utilities of different commodities are independent of each other and diminishes with more and more purchases. (2) Constant marginal

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    Then come up out of the water‚ that first breath is wonderful -- tremendous utility. That is utility - the meeting of a need or being satisfied. Now Marginal Utility is the change in utility from one more good or service being consumed. So the amount of utility from the first cup of coffee or that first breath is huge. Diminishing Marginal Utility is the fact that each addition good or service consumed‚ creates a smaller and smaller amount of additional utility. In the examples above‚ that

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    Marginal Revenue and Marginal Cost An understanding of marginal revenue and marginal cost is economically crucial to owning and operating a successful business. Marginal revenue is the amount of change in total revenue by selling one additional product. So if a company sells four extra unit of product and brings extra total revenue of 500 dollars than the marginal revenue for this month would be 125 dollars. This is found by taking the change in total revenue‚ 500 dollars‚ and dividing it by the

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