Explain the law of diminishing marginal returns

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Quesiton: The firm's demand for labor is a derived demand.

A. Explain the law of diminishing marginal returns and show graphically how it affects labor demand curves.

B. Explain and show graphically why the marginal revenue product of labor is the basis for a short-run labor demand curve.

C. Contrast and show graphically the labor demand curves of firms which operate in perfectly competitive versus imperfectly competitive output markets.

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