The number of repairs produced by a computer repair shop depends on the number of workers as follows: Number of Workers Number of Repairs (Per Week) ___________________________________________ 0 0 1 8 2 20 3 35 4 45 5 52 6 57 7 60 Assume that all inputs (office space, telephone, and utilities other than labour are fixed in the short run. a. Add two additional columns to the table and enter the marginal product and average product of each number of workers b. Over what range of labour input are there increasing returns to labour? Diminishing returns to labour? Negative returns to labour? c. Over what range of labour input is marginal product greater than average product? What is happening to average product as employment increases over this range? d. Over what range of labour input is marginal product smaller than average product? What is happening to average product as employment increases over this range? e. Assuming that the price of each repair is $50, add another two columns and calculate the MRPL

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