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A firm has a production function of the form Q = K (1/2)*L (1/2) where the (1/2s) are the exponents. What is the output if the firm uses 9 units of labor and 4 units of capital? If  the firm doubles its input levels, what happens to the level of output? Does this firm's  production function exhibit constant, increasing, or decreasing returns to scale?

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