According to the principle of diminishing returns, if the number of workers is increased beyond the point of diminishing returns, then the additional worker:
A) increases total output by less than the amount of previous workers.
B) increases total output by the same amount as previous workers.
C) decreases total output.
D) increases total output by more than the amount of previous workers.

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The principle of diminishing returns states that as more and more units of a variable input are added to a fixed input, the marginal product (output per unit of input) of the variable input will eventually decline. This means that adding another worker beyond a certain point will not increase total output by the same amount as previous workers. Instead, the additional worker will increase total output by less than the amount added by the previous worker(s), resulting in diminishing returns. Therefore, the correct answer is A: increases total output by less than the amount of previous workers.

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