1.) Calculate MPL and APL for a TPL of 40, 100, 150, 180, 200, 210, 210, and 200 for the first eight workers hired.

2.) Reproduce the table or fill in the blanks for A - L this table. (Note that it doesn't make sense to talk about MPL and APL before L = 1!)

Trucks Labor

2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6

Output APL MPL

0 -- -- 75 A B C 100 D E F 100 380 G H

I J 50 K 75 L

3.) Unrelated to question #2, assume the total product curve is a straight line through the originand then draw the average product and marginal product curves.

4.) Draw the total, marginal, and average product curves when diminishing marginal returns start with the very first unit of labor employedi.e., when MPL declines from the beginning?

5.) Should a firm be more concerned with the average or the marginal product of a new hire? Why?