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Economic Rationale for Production Model Properties
An economist is building a model to represent the relationship between the amount of a single input used in a process (e.g., hours of labor) and the total amount of goods produced (the output). For this model's mathematical function to be considered economically realistic, it must satisfy two fundamental properties for all non-negative amounts of input. Describe these two properties in detail and, for each one, explain the economic reasoning that makes it an essential characteristic of a plausible production model.
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