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Analyzing Banana Production Costs

A banana plantation's production manager provides you with the following data on total private costs at different output levels. First, calculate the marginal private cost of producing the 11th, 12th, and 13th ton of bananas. Second, based on your calculations, describe the trend in the marginal private cost and provide a plausible economic explanation for this trend, assuming the prices of inputs like labor and land remain constant.

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