Sometimes referred to as the law of diminishing returns, the law of variable proportions is concerned with the effect of changes in the proportion of the factors of production used to produce output. As the proportion of one input increases relative to all other inputs, at some point there will be decreasing marginal returns from that input. Adding more units of an input, holding all other inputs constant, will at some point cause the resulting increases in production to decrease, or equivalently, the marginal product of that input will decline. Among the inputs held constant is the level of technology used to produce that output. This is an empirical law and is therefore a generalization about the nature of the production process and cannot be proven theoretically (see Friedman, 1976; Stigler, 1966). Applied to management, Friedman argues that the law of variable proportions requires firms to produce by using inputs in such proportions that there are diminishing average returns to each input in production.
Explain the Law of Variable Propotion
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The law of variable proportion is basically a study of production functions. The factors used include fixed and variable factors.
Causes of law of variable proportions
Under Law of variable proportion: only one variable input varies all other variable kept constant. Under Law of Return to Scale: All the variable inputs varies except the enterprise. Law of variable proportion is for short period; law of return to scale is for long period. Law of variable proportion shows the relationship if one variable input increase (eg: Labour) by keeping all other variable constant; total product and marginal product increase upto a certain point after that it will increase at a diminishing rate. it shows in three stage first increase then constant and then decrease. Law of return to scale shows the relationship between inputs and output at three different stages: 1. output increase more than inputs, 2. output and input are constant, 3. output is less than proportionate input.
Explain the Law of Variable Propotion
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in the process of production, in short run where producer changes few factors of production , i.e; varies the proportion between fixed factors and variable factors then production changes by three ways -at first production increases rapidly - at second production increases slowly - at third production decreases. the analysis of these procedures is known as law of variable proportion.
The law of variable proportion is basically a study of production functions. The factors used include fixed and variable factors.
Causes of law of variable proportions
Under Law of variable proportion: only one variable input varies all other variable kept constant. Under Law of Return to Scale: All the variable inputs varies except the enterprise. Law of variable proportion is for short period; law of return to scale is for long period. Law of variable proportion shows the relationship if one variable input increase (eg: Labour) by keeping all other variable constant; total product and marginal product increase upto a certain point after that it will increase at a diminishing rate. it shows in three stage first increase then constant and then decrease. Law of return to scale shows the relationship between inputs and output at three different stages: 1. output increase more than inputs, 2. output and input are constant, 3. output is less than proportionate input.
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No. It also applies to mathematics in general.
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The law of variable proportion states that as one input is increased while keeping other inputs constant, the output will eventually decrease. This can lead to changes in the cost curve by affecting the cost of production as more or less of a variable input is used, impacting both marginal and average cost.
There is a big difference between both the laws.The basi difference between them is that i dont know 1st but i know the 2nd one
according to this law, if more and more units of a variable factor are employed with the fixed factor the total physical product(which the same as the total product) increases at a decreasing rate in the beginning, then increases at a diminishing rate and finally starts falling. assumption of the law: 1. state of technology remains constant. 2. its the short hand phenomenon. 3. distinction between fixed factor and variable factor. 4. all units of the variable are homogeneous.