If a firm adopts a labor-augmenting piece of technology, it will:

A. increase the marginal product of labor.
B. decrease the marginal product of labor.
C. increase the marginal supply of labor.
D. decrease the marginal supply of labor.

A. increase the marginal product of labor.

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