Total product always increases whether there is increasing return… - Vidyadip

Question

Total product always increases whether there is increasing returns or diminishing return to a factor.

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Answer

True.
Explanation:
The law of variable proportion states that as we increase the quantity of only one variable input, keeping other inputs fixed, the total product increases at an increasing rate in the beginning, and then increases at a decreasing rate.

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