alleryStart learning →The law of diminishing returns says a further unit of one input eventually yields what?
AA higher extra output
BA lower extra output
CAn unchanged extra output
DA larger fixed cost
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. A lower extra output
With other factors held fixed, at some point each extra unit of the input adds less output than the one before.
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