If bread is produced by using a constant returns to scale production function, then if the: A) number of workers is doubled, twice as much bread will be produced. B) amount of equipment is doubled, twice as much bread will be produced. C) amounts of equipment and workers are both doubled, twice as much bread will be produced. D) amounts of equipment and workers are both doubled, four times as much bread will be produced

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Elliot Barton

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22 March, 17:31

If bread is produced by using a constant returns to scale production function, then if the: A) number of workers is doubled, twice as much bread will be produced. B) amount of equipment is doubled, twice as much bread will be produced. C) amounts of equipment and workers are both doubled, twice as much bread will be produced. D) amounts of equipment and workers are both doubled, four times as much bread will be produced

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Deon Klein · Answer 1

Answer: Option (C) is correct.

Explanation:

Constant returns to scale production function: When there is an increase in inputs (i. e capital and labor) as a result output increases by the same proportion.

For example: If the amounts of equipment and workers are both doubled in the production of bread then as a result the output of bread also doubled.

Suppose the capital and labor increases by 10% then as a result output also increases by 10%.