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Table 18-6
Consider the Following Daily Production Data for MadeFromScratch

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Table 18-6
Consider the following daily production data for MadeFromScratch, Inc. MadeFromScratch sells cupcakes for $3 each and pays the workers a wage of $325 per day.


 Labor  (Number of  workers)   Output  (Cupcakes per  day)   Marginal  Product  of Labor  (Cupcakes per  day)   Value of the  Marginal  Product of Labor  (Cupcakes)   Wage  (Dollarsper  worker per  day)   Margin  Profit  (Dollar 003251200325235032534753254575325\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \begin{array} { c } \text { Labor } \\\text { (Number of } \\\text { workers) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Output } \\\text { (Cupcakes per } \\\text { day) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Marginal } \\\text { Product } \\\text { of Labor } \\\text { (Cupcakes per } \\\text { day) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Value of the } \\\text { Marginal } \\\text { Product of Labor } \\\text { (Cupcakes) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Wage } \\\text { (Dollarsper } \\\text { worker per } \\\text { day) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Margin } \\\text { Profit } \\\text { (Dollar }\end{array} \\\hline 0 & 0 & & & 325 & \\\hline 1 & 200 & & & 325 & \\\hline 2 & 350 & & & 325 & \\\hline 3 & 475 & & & 325 & \\\hline 4 & 575 & & &325 & \\\hline\end{array}
-Refer to Table 18-6. Assuming MadeFromScratch is a competitive, profit-maximizing firm, how many workers will the firm hire?


A) Two workers
B) Three workers
C) Four workers
D) Five workers

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