Use the following to answer question 44:
Figure: The Unknown Curve
-(Figure: The Unknown Curve)Use Figure: The Unknown Curve.You are a cabinetmaker.You employ several workers to produce kitchen and bathroom cabinets.Your summer intern has drawn a graph showing a relationship between the number of cabinetmakers you employ and the number of cabinets produced.Unfortunately,your intern has failed to identify this curve.It is likely to be the _____ curve.
A) total cost
B) total product
C) marginal product
D) total variable cost

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Use the following to answer question 44:
Figure: The Unknown Curve 
-(Figure: The Unknown Curve)Use Figure: The Unknown Curve.You are a cabinetmaker.You employ several workers to produce kitchen and bathroom cabinets.Your summer intern has drawn a graph showing a relationship between the number of cabinetmakers you employ and the number of cabinets produced.Unfortunately,your intern has failed to identify this curve.It is likely to be the _____ curve.
A) total cost 
B) total product 
C) marginal product 
D) total variable cost

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The graph shows a clear pattern of increasing output as more workers are employed, which is consistent with the concept of total product (the total output produced by a given number of inputs). The other options, such as total cost and marginal product, are not as directly related to the relationship between the number of workers and the number of cabinets produced. Total variable cost could potentially be represented on a similar graph, but the information provided does not allow us to make that determination.

Use the Following to Answer Question 44