5. Below is the production function for Tony's Tacos. Use the graph to answer the following...
42. If the price of output is $4 per unit, what is the marginal revenue product for the fourth worker in a competitive labor market? A. $4 B. $8 C. $12 D. $56 43. If this profit-maximizing firm sells its output in a competitive market for $4 per unit and hires labor in a competitive market for $8 per hour, then this firm should hire A. one worker. B. two workers. C. three workers D. four workers. 44. The opportunity...
Suppose a firm produces hardware that plays video games using workers according to the table below. Suppose also that its output sells for $250 per unit. Workers Output 56 84 98 105 107 Is the firm experiencing the effects predicted by the law of diminishing returns? The firm experiencing diminishing returns. What is the marginal revenue product of the fourth worker? The fourth worker's marginal revenue product is $ . (Enter your response as an integer.)
Bongiorno’s is a pizzeria operating in a competitive market. Its short-run production function is shown below. Bongiorno’s weekly cost of capital (plant) is $750, its cost of labor is $320 per worker, and its cost of the pizza ingredients is $6 per pie. The going market price of pizza is $13 per pie. A) In the scenario above, when Bongiorno’s hires a fourth worker, what is the marginal product of labor? B) In the scenario above, if Bongiorno’s hires a...
Problem 3 Markets for Factors of Production (20 points) Areandina’s Coffee Shop hires workers to make their latté coffees. The market for latté coffee is perfectly competitive, and latté coffees sell for $4.00 each. The labour market is competitive, and the wage rate is $40 per day. Table 1 shows the workers’ total product, TP. Workers Latté Coffees produced per day 1 7 2 21 3 33 4 43 5 51 6 55 Table 1 Calculate the marginal product of...
I need help answering questions to the second page. Problem Set 6A: Production and Costs In the following questions, round to two decimal places (-2). Do not use fractions (4), Rounding Technique: If the third value after the decimal point: Name SOLUTION exceeds "5", round the second value up. Example: 1.456-> 1.46 is less than "5", don't change the second value. Example: 1.454->1.45 5y round the second value to the even value. Eaample. 1455 -146 146-5146 1/2. Given the production...
Due: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 Dr. Molly Espey ECON 2110 Spring 2020 Homework 6 (9 points) 1. (9 points) The following table shows the total number of storage units that can be designed and constructed per month by Conrad's Construction in relation to the number of workers Conrad hires. Number of Workers Total Product (units/month) Marginal Product (units/month) Average Product (units/month) 2 27 5 a. Complete the table above. b. Graph the average product and marginal product curves on the...
Q1 [30 points] Show in a diagram using isoquants that a production function can have diminishing marginal return to a factor and constant returns to scale? With the help of a diagram explain the concepts of "isoquant", "diminishing marginal return to a factor", and "constant returns to scale". What are the similarities and differences between indifference curves and isoquants. Q2 [30 points Assume that a firm has a fixed-proportions production function, in which one unit of output is produced using...
Benvenuto is a pizzeria operating in a competitive market. Its short-run production function is shown below. Benvenuto's weekly cost of labor is $450 per worker, and its cost of the ingredients used to make pizza is $6 per pie. The going market price of pizza is $9 per pie. Total product (weekly workers)(pizzas per week) Labor 52 1 172 2 33 341 4 536 5 738 6 924 7 1,075 8 1,168 9 1,184 Question 9 Homework Unanswered . In...
(1) Table 30 Country Gini Coefficient Sweden 0.24 France 0.275 Italy 0.319 United Kingdom 0.334 Portugal 0.395 Latvia 0.377 Refer to Table 30. Which country has the most unequal income distribution? Latvia Portugal France Sweden (2) Table 20 Quantity of Number of Baseballs Labor Per Day 0 0 1 40 2 78 3 113 4 145 5 175 Refer to Table 20. This table describes the number of baseballs a manufacturing firm can produce per day with different quantities of...
Benvenuto is a pizzeria operating in a competitive market. Its short-run production function is shown below. Benvenuto's weekly cost of labor is $450 per worker, and its cost of the ingredients used to make pizza is $6 per pie. The going market price of pizza is $9 per pie. Labor Total product (weekly workers) (pizzas per week) 52 OWN 172 341 536 738 924 1,075 1,168 1,184 In the scenario above, when Benvenuto hires a third worker, what is the...