Analyzing Production Output Changes
A small coffee shop has one espresso machine (a fixed resource). The owner observes that hiring a second barista significantly increases the number of coffees they can make per hour. However, when a third and then a fourth barista are added, the hourly output of coffees still increases, but by a smaller and smaller amount for each new hire. Analyze the underlying reasons for this pattern of changing output as more labor is added to a fixed resource.
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