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The Following Table Shows the Marginal Products of Capital (K)

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The following table shows the marginal products of capital (K) and labour (L) for various methods for Firm ABC to produce 1000 toys per day.  Production  Method  MPK  MPL  A 504 B 458 C 4012 D 3516 E 3020 F 2524 G 2028 TABLE 8- 2\begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Production } \\\text { Method }\end{array} & \text { MPK } & \text { MPL } \\\hline \text { A } & 50 & 4 \\\hline \text { B } & 45 & 8 \\\hline \text { C } & 40 & 12 \\\hline \text { D } & 35 & 16 \\\hline \text { E } & 30 & 20 \\\hline \text { F } & 25 & 24 \\\hline \text { G } & 20 & 28 \\\hline\end{array}\\\text { TABLE 8- } 2\end{array}
-Refer to Table 8- 2. Suppose the firm is employing production method G. How should this firm adjust its use of capital and labour in order to minimize costs?


A) employ more capital and less labour
B) employ more capital and labour
C) employ less capital and more labour
D) employ less capital and labour
E) There is insufficient information to know.

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