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- If a firm uses 10 units of labour and 20 units of capital to produce 10 units of output. The marginal product of labour is 0.5. If there are constant returns to scale the marginal product must be 0.25. or
- If a firm uses 10 units of labour and 30 units of capital to produce 10 units of output. The marginal product of labour is 0.5. If there are constant returns to scale the marginal product must be 0.25
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