6) When the two inputs are complements,it means that they must be used together in the production process so if the price of an input increases then it will be used less by the organization in the production which will reduce the use or demand of it's complement too and the demand curve will shift to the left.
The figure above shows the
employment of input J when the price of it's complement K
increases
Therefore the statement is False.
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