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Law of Variable Proportion and Return to Scale.

The law of variable proportions arises because factor proportions change as long as one factor is held constant and the other is increased. What if both factors can change? Remember that this can happen only in the long run. When a proportional increase in all inputs results in an increase in output by the same proportion, the production function is said to display Constant returns to scale (CRS).

When a proportional increase in all inputs results in an increase in output by a larger proportion, the production function is said to display Increasing Returns to Scale (IRS). Decreasing Returns to Scale (DRS) holds when a proportional increase in all inputs results in an increase in output by a smaller proportion.

Suppose in a production process, all inputs get doubled. As a result, if the output gets doubled, the production function exhibits?

Constant Return to scale.

The correct answer is Option (3) → Constant Return to scale.

When all inputs are increased in the same proportion (in this case, doubled) and output also increases in the same proportion (also doubled), the production function is said to exhibit:Constant Returns to Scale (CRS). This means the efficiency of production remains unchanged as the scale of production expands.