If a variable input is added to some fixed input, beyond some point the resulting extra output will decline. This statement describes:
A. the law of diminishing returns.
B. the law of diminishing marginal utility.
C. economies and diseconomies of scale.
D. X-inefficiency.
Answer: A
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