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HORIZONTAL ADDITION: In graphical analysis, the technique of combining two curves by adding the value of the variable on the horizontal or X axis for a given value of the variable on the vertical or Y axis. This is commonly done when deriving a market demand curve from a set of individual demand curves. The quantity demanded by every individual is added at a given price to identify the total market demand at that price.
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Lesson 14: Production | Unit 2: Production Measures
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- THE fundamental principle of short-run production illustrated by these marginal product numbers is the law of diminishing marginal returns.
- The law of diminishing marginal returns is a principle stating that as more and more of a variable input is added to a fixed input, the marginal product of the variable input eventually declines.
- Two types of marginal returns are actually illustrated here.
- Increasing Marginal Returns.
- Decreasing Marginal Returns.
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PRICE An asset or item voluntarily exchanged in a market transaction for another asset or item. This item or asset is usually, but not necessarily, money. A barter transaction occurs if money is NOT one of the assets or items exchanged. In a standard market diagram, price is displayed on the vertical axis.
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Helping spur the U.S. industrial revolution, Thomas Edison patented nearly 1300 inventions, 300 of which came out of his Menlo Park "invention factory" during a four-year period.
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