2. For each of the following production functions: Q = 3L2 +6K4 Q= V25KL Q =...
For each of the following production functions, solve for the marginal products of each input and marginal rate of substitution. Then answer the following for each: does this production function exhibit diminishing marginal product of labour? Does this production function exhibit diminishing marginal product of capital? Does this production function exhibit constant, decreasing, or increasing returns to scale? Show all your work.(a) \(Q=L+K\)(b) \(Q=2 L^{2}+K^{2}\)(c) \(Q=L^{1 / 2} K^{1 / 2}\)
2. Consider a firm with the following production function: Q = 3K2/3L2/3 2a. Calculate the marginal product of labor. Show all work. 2b. Is the marginal product of labor increasing, decreasing or constant? Explain how you know. 2c. Calculate the output elasticity of labor. Show all work. 2d. Does the production process for this firm exhibit increasing returns to scale, decreasing returns to scale or constant returns to scale? Explain how you know.
2. For the following Cobb-Douglas production function, q = f(L,K) = _0.45 0.7 a. Derive expressions for marginal product of labor and marginal product of capital, MP, and MPK. b. Derive the expression for marginal rate of technical substitution, MRTS. C. Does this production function display constant, increasing, or decreasing returns to scale? Why? d. By how much would output increase if the firm increased each input by 50%?
Given the following long run production and cost functions: q=LPK1/4 C = 12L +4K (A) What input has diminishing marginal returns? (B) Does this production function display increasing, decreasing or constant returns to scale? (C) What is this firm's expansion path assuming input prices do not change? Clearly type out your answer to parts (A), (B) and (C) in the space provided. Retain all of your handwritten work for this question to be uploaded separately after you have completed the...
Question 6 For the production function Q = 3L2 + K2, returns to scale: Is constant. Is increasing Can be increasing, decreasing, or constant depending on the values of Land K. is decreasing
4. Consider the production functions given below: a. Suppose that the production function faced by a milk producer is given by Q = 40.5 20.5 = 4VK VL, where MPx = 2K-0.5 20.5 = 2 and MP, = 2 K0.5L-05 = 2 * i. Do both labor and capital display diminishing marginal products in the short run? ii. Find the marginal rate of technical substitution for this production function. (Hint: The MRTS = 1) iii. Does this production function display...
SHOW ALL WORK!!! 2. For the following Cobb-Douglas production function, q=f(L,K) = _0.45 0.7 a. Derive expressions for marginal product of labor and marginal product of capital, MP, and MPK. b. Derive the expression for marginal rate of technical substitution, MRTS. C. Does this production function display constant, increasing, or decreasing returns to scale? Why? d. By how much would output increase if the firm increased each input by 50%?
Determine whether each of the production functions below displays constant, increasing, or decreasing returns to scale: Q = K + L + KL Q = 2K2 + 3L2 Q = KL Q = min(3K, 2L)
the second question In Example 6.4 wheat is produced according to the production function: q=100(k0.6 0.4) Beginning with a capital input of 4 and a labor input of 49, show that the marginal product of labor and the marginal product of capital are both decreasing (Round responses to two decimal places.) The MPK at 5 units of capital is 156.12 The MP at 6 units of capital is 144.02 The MP at 50 units of labor is 8.84 The MP...
Find all the first and second-partial derivatives for the utility function, U -50x 5y 0.2 (a) Give a verbal description of each derivative. (b) Are the marginal functions increasing or decreasing. Use the derivatives to justify your answer b. Given the function Q- Al'KB, explain the terms: constant returns to scale; increasing returns to scale; decreasing returns to scale. Show that the production function, Q -100L0.3K0.5, exhibits decreasing returns to scale and diminishing returns to labour Show that the production...