If a firm faces perfectly competitive product and factor markets and the marginal product of labor and capital are 4 and 9, respectively, while the wage rate is $2 and the rental rate on capital is $4, the firm should

A) use relatively more capital.
B) use relatively less capital.
C) increase all inputs proportionately.
D) decrease all inputs proportionately.

A

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