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How would a production function that exhibits decreasing marginal product affect the shape of the total cost c?

How would a production function that exhibits decreasing marginal product affect the shape of the total cost curve? Explain .

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1. If the production function exhibits diminishing marginal productivity from the outset, the TC curve will be increasing at an increasing rate (from the outset). Because the slope of the TC curve is marginal cost (the rate of change in total cost when output is increased) this scenario will lead to an upward sloping MC curve http://www.uwec.edu/jamelsem/103/homework/unit3/hw7_sol-opt_103.pdf