Production Analysis Sheet
Production Analysis Sheet
elasticity
of labour
Average product of Marginal product of labour (MPL/APL
Labour (L) Capital (K) Total Output (q) labour (q/L) (change in q/change in L) )
0 10 0 0
1 10 10 10 10 1.00
2 10 30 15 20 1.33
3 10 60 20 30 1.50
4 10 80 20 20 1.00
5 10 95 19 15 0.79
6 10 108 18 13 0.72
7 10 112 16 4 0.25
8 10 112 14 0 0.00
9 10 108 12 -4 -0.33
10 10 100 10 -8 -0.80
TOTAL PRODUCT
120 108 112 112 108
100
100 95
80
TOTAL PRODUCT
80
60
60
40 30
20 10
0
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
LABOUR
30
25
20 20 20 19
20 18
15 15 16
13 14
15 12
10 10
10
4
5
0 0
0 -4
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
-5 -8
-10
LABOUR
Total Marginal
Land Labour product product
8 0 0
8 1 50 50
LAW OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL RETURN
8 2 110 60
70 60 50 30 10 0 -10
6 8 10 12 14
LABOUR
Quantity Price TR MR
0 80 0
1 76 76 76
2 72 144 68
3 68 204 60
4 64 256 52
5 60 300 44
6 56 336 36
7 52 364 28
8 48 384 20
9 44 396 12