If adding a seventh worker to the crew in a fast-food restaurant results in fewer additional meals being prepared than when the sixth worker was added, the law of diminishing marginal returns has set in.

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The law of diminishing marginal returns states that as additional units of a variable input (in this case, workers) are added to a fixed input (such as kitchen space or equipment), the marginal (or incremental) output eventually decreases. So, if adding a seventh worker results in fewer additional meals being prepared than when the sixth worker was added, it is a clear indication that the law of diminishing marginal returns has set in.

If Adding a Seventh Worker to the Crew in a Fast-Food