Suppose that real domestic output in an economy is 20 units, the quantity of inputs is 10, and the price of each input is $4. Refer to the above information. All else being equal, if the price of each input increased from $4 to $6, productivity would: a fall from 2 to 3. b fall from 0.5 to 0.33. c rise from 1 to 2. d remain unchanged.

Of the four types of discharge, firing a. results from an employee's poor performance⎯that is, from his or her failure to fulfill expectations. b. is for-cause dismissal⎯the result of employee theft, gross insubordination, release of proprietary information, and so on. c. usually refers to the temporary unemployment experienced by hourly employees and implies that they are "subject to recall."d. designates the permanent elimination of a job as a result of workforce reduction, plant closing, or departmental consolidation.