A firm in a competitive industry faces a market price for output of $25 and a wage rate of $750. At the current level of employment (50 units of labour), the marginal product of labour is 20. In order to maximize profit, the firm should

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hire more labour because hiring another unit of labour would increase profit by $500.

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hire less labour because the firm is suffering a loss of $12 500.

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none of the above.

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keep the level of employment the same because the firm is earning a profit of $500.

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hire less labour because hiring the last unit of labour decreased profit by 250.

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