Output of tractors per week 200- 100- 0- This assignment will cover important concepts from our Production and Profit Maximization lectures. 1. The graph below plots the production function for John Deere's ability to produce tractors per week as a function of labor hours per week. Highlight on the graph the region where John Deere enjoys increasing returns to scale and decreasing returns to scale, respectively. 400- 300- 250 500 750 Labor Hours per week 2. Give an intuitive explanation for why the law of diminishing marginal product must exist in the context of firm's desire to maximize profit. 3. What tends to happen in industries where there are significant returns to scale?