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Transcribed Image Text:Suppose a firm faces the following average and marginal products of labor:
APL=50+2L-0.05L²
MPL 50+4L-0.15L²
At what value of labor does Stage III of production begin?
O a. 13.3
Ob. 35.9
OC. 0.0
d. 20.0
O e. 57.4
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