Multiple Choice
Suppose Farmer Smith hires 4 workers and leases 2 tractors and 15 hectares of farmland for one growing season,and produces 120 000 bushels of crop.The next year he hires 8 workers and leases 4 tractors and 30 hectares of farmland,and produces 260 000 bushels of crop.This firm (the farmer) is exhibiting ________ returns to scale.
A) decreasing
B) increasing
C) constant
D) marginal
E) variable
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