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(a) Calculate marginal costs, total costs, average fixed costs, average variable costs and average total costs, given the following table. Costs are $100 when there is no production. Round off to the nearest whole number.
 Output  Variable  Cost  Marginal  Cost  Total  Cost  Average  Fixed  Cost  Average  Variable  Cost  Average  Total  Cost 0001606029030311020415040523080635012075101608710200\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Output } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Variable } \\\text { Cost }\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Marginal } \\\text { Cost }\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Total } \\\text { Cost }\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Average } \\\text { Fixed } \\\text { Cost }\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Average } \\\text { Variable } \\\text { Cost }\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Average } \\\text { Total } \\\text { Cost }\end{array} \\\hline 0 & 0 & 0 & & & & \\\hline 1 & 60 & 60 & & & & \\\hline 2 & 90 & 30 & & & & \\\hline 3 & 110 & 20 & & & & \\\hline 4 & 150 & 40 & & & & \\\hline 5 & 230 & 80 & & & & \\\hline 6 & 350 & 120 & & & & \\\hline 7 & 510 & 160 & & & & \\\hline 8 & 710 & 200 & & & & \\\hline\end{array} (b) Between what levels of output is there increasing marginal productivity?
(c) If labor were the only input to this production process, between what levels of output is the marginal product of labor falling?

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