The following question are based on the following diagram illustrating the weekly average and marginal products for salespersons in the appliance department of a large department store:

-If the number of salespersons were increased from four to five,the number of appliances sold per week would
A) increase.
B) decrease.
C) remain unchanged.
D) decrease at first and then increase.
E) most likely change but how is uncertain.

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The following question are based on the following diagram illustrating the weekly average and marginal products for salespersons in the appliance department of a large department store:
 
-If the number of salespersons were increased from four to five,the number of appliances sold per week would
A) increase. 
B) decrease. 
C) remain unchanged. 
D) decrease at first and then increase. 
E) most likely change but how is uncertain.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

From the diagram, we can see that at four salespersons, the marginal product (MP) is greater than the average product (AP), indicating that increasing the number of salespersons would increase the total output. This is confirmed by the fact that the MP curve intersects the AP curve from below at four salespersons. Therefore, increasing the number of salespersons to five would likely result in an increase in the number of appliances sold per week.

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