Question

1- Which of these is NOT an important variable to improving productivity?

education

equipment

taxation

2- New capital usually leads to a(n) ___ in productivity.

decrease

increase

stagnation

3- If you decide NOT to get the latest technology in order to produce your goods, your productivity will most likely either stay the same OR it will ___.

decrease

increase

technology

Answer 1

Answer:

1. C- Taxation

2.  B- Increase

3.  A - Decrease

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Taxation is not an important variable to improving productivity
2. New capital usually leads to an increase in productivity
3. your productivity will decrease or stay the same

Explanation:

Productivity is a measure of the rate of output per unit input

Taxation is the imposition of Taxes on industries/individuals by Government and this doesn't  improve productivity of the industries instead it benefits the Government.

New capital increases the rate of input which in turn increase the rate of output(increase) in production

Latest technology helps to increase the rate of input and not getting it stalls or decrease the rate of input as well