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LAW OF PROPORTIONS Definition & Legal Meaning

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Economic concept that optimization brings an increase in returns from a manufacturing operation. A change in the proportion of production factors can push toward the optimum or away from it. An example is an increase capital intensive production would come from a decrease in the cost of capital equipment to the cost of labor.

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