Assume that you are endowed with a large piece of good farm land. You decide to have 10 children to work on the land. Your crop yield is very good. As such, you decide to have 10 more children in the belief that you will double your crop yield. Which of the following statements best describes what may happen with 10 more children?
A) The next set of children will starve.
B) You are correct - you will double output.
C) Output will remain the same.
D) Unsure - your family will grow as long as the yield per child food is more
than your family's subsistence level, which is not provided.
E) None of the statements above are possible outcomes.
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