Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Micro Economics: Production and Costs

Question:
A pizza shop having single oven and one chef is able to produce 50 pizzas per day. When it adds one more chef the output increases to 120 pizzas. Adding 3rd chef output increases to 140 pizzas. This phenomenon is popularly known as
Options:
Law of variable proportion
Diminishing MRTS
Decreasing returns to scale
None of these
Correct Answer:
Law of variable proportion
Explanation:
Law of variable proportion states that, with additional increase in variable input, output increases at increasing rate then increases at decreasing rate.