Question
Diminishing marginal returns for the first four units of a variable input is exhibited by the total product sequence:
  1. 50,50,50,50
  2. 50, 110, 180, 260
  3. 50, 100, 150, 200
  4. 50, 90, 120, 140

Answer

  1. 50, 90, 120, 140

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