Problem: A bakery operating in the short run has found that when the level of employment in its baking room was increased from 4 to 10, in increments of 1, the corresponding levels of bread production were:
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Labor (L)
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Output (Q)
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Marginal Product of Labor (MPL)
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4
|
110
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5
|
115
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|
|
6
|
122
|
|
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7
|
127
|
|
|
8
|
130
|
|
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9
|
132
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|
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10
|
133
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Required:
Question 1: Calculate the Marginal Product of Labor and fill in the table.
Question 2: Explain whether this production function exhibits diminishing marginal productivity of labor.