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Solution
1. Option 2. All of the above.
Explanation: In the short-term, at least one input is fixed and in the long-term all inputs are variable. The quantity of a fixed input cannot be changed within a specified period and the quantity of a variable input can be changed in any period. Accounting profit = Revenue - explicit costs. Economic profit = Revenue - (explicit costs + implicit costs). So, economic profit = accounting profit - implicit costs. In the long-run, all inputs are variables; so, there are no fixed costs. So, all the statements are correct.
2. Option 1: When the marginal productivity of a variable input is falling, then the marginal cost of production must be rising.
Explanation: When the marginal productivity of a variable input falls, it means each additional unit of the input is yielding less and less amount of output. This means each successive unit of the output requires more and more units of the input. So, naturally, the marginal cost of production is rising.
