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Jacob owns company that offers jeans in a perfectly competitive product market. Jacob is a monopsonist in the labor market, and the table below shows the wages necessary for workers to supply their labor to Jacobs firm. Total Wage i (TWB) Marginal Wage Cost (MWC) Employment Wage 20 2 30 3 40 4 50 5 60 Question A Calculate the firms total wage bill and marginal wage cost in each empty cell for the table above.

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