Q.What is short run production function ?
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →The short-run production function is the input-output relationship when at least one factor is fixed and output is changed only by varying the variable factors — it underlies the Law of Variable Proportions.
A production function states the technical relationship between the physical inputs used and the maximum output that can be produced from them, given the state of technology.
The short-run production function applies to a period of time in which at least one factor of production is fixed (usually plant, machinery or land) while the others (labour, raw materials) are variable. Because the fixed factor cannot be changed, output can be increased only by applying more units of the variable factor to the given fixed factor — that is, by changing the proportion in which factors are combined. This is why the short-run analysis gives rise to the Law of Variable Proportions (the law of diminishing returns), under which total product first rises at an increasing rate, then at a diminishing rate, and may finally fall.
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