Suppose the firm's production function is given by q= F(K, L)= K2L with MPL=K2, MPK=2KL The price per unit of capital is 10 and the price per unit of labor is 5. Find the cost minimizing quantity of labor to produce 500,000 units of output. Please round to the closest integer.
Suppose the firm's production function is given by q= F(K, L)= K2L with MPL=K2, MPK=2KL The...
1. Suppose the production of digital cameras is characterized by the production function q F(K, L)- KL (MPL = K, MPK = L), where q represents the number of digital cameras produced. Suppose that the price of labor is $10 per unit and the price of capital is S1 per unit. (a) Graph the isoquant for q-121 000. (b) On the graph you drew for part a), draw several isocost lines including one that is tangent to the isoquant you...
Consider a production function of three inputs, labor, capital, and materials, given by Q= LKM. The marginal products associated with this production function are as follows: MPL = KM, MPk = LM, and MPM = LK. Let w = 5, r = 1, and m = 2, where m is the price per unit of materials. (a) Suppose that the firm is required to produce Q units of output. Show how the cost-minimizing quantity of labor depends on the quantity Q....
9. Suppose the firm's production function is given by f(K,L) min (K",L" (a) For what values of a will the firm exhibit decreasing returns to scale? Constant returns to scale? Increasing returns to scale? (b) Derive the long-run cost function and the optimal input choices. (c) Suppose the capital is fixed at R = 10,000 and a =. Assuming that the firm wants to produce less than 100 units, derive 10. Consider the production function: f(K, L) = KLi. Let...
Suppose the firm's production function is Q = 2KL where Q is units of output, K is units of capital (which are fixed at 2), and L is units of labor. a. What is the firm’s short-run production function? b. Over the labor input usage range of 0 to 5, that is L ranging from 0 to 5, graph the firm’s Total Product curve. c. Derive and graph the firm’s Average Product curve and the Marginal Product curve. Graph/plot them...
9. Suppose the firm's production function is given by f(K,L) = min (Kº,L"} (a) For what values of a will the firm exhibit decreasing returns to scale? Constant returns to scale? Increasing returns to scale? (b) Derive the long-run cost function and the optimal input choices. (c) Suppose the capital is fixed at K = 10,000 and a = 1. Assuming that the firm wants to produce less than 100 units, derive 10. Consider the production function: f(K,L)=KLI. Let w...
(20 points) A firm's production function is q = 10.5K0.5, so that MPL = 0.5 0.5 40.5 20.5 and MPK = 0.5 0.5 10.5 k. Labor (L) costs w = 1, and capital (K) costs r = 4. a. (5 points) Solve for the long run optimal amount of labor (L') and capital (K*) if the firm wants to produce exactly 96 units of output. b. (5 points) What is the firm's long run total cost (in dollars) of producing...
Suppose a firm has the production function: Q=2KL, where K is capital, L is labor and Q is quantity. If capital is fixed at 4 in the short run. Suppose the cost of a unit of capital is $2 (r=2), and the cost of a unit of labor is $4 (w=4). What is the short run total cost function in terms of Q? A. TC=4+Q B. TC=4+0.5Q C. TC=8+Q D. TC=8+0.5Q
Suppose a firm has the production function: Q=2KL, where K is capital, L is labor and Q is quantity. If capital is fixed at 4 in the short run. What is the short run production function? A. Q=2L B. Q=8L C. Q=2K D. Q=8K
3. Suppose a company's production is given by the Cobb-Douglas function: Q = 60L3K3 Where L & K represent quantities of labor and capital. Suppose each unit of labor costs $25, each unit of capital costs $100, and the company wants to produce exactly Q=1920. a. Use the method of Lagrangian Multipliers to find the quantity of Land K that meet production requirements at the lowest cost. (5 pts) b. Show that the values found in part (a) satisfy the...
1. (12.5 points, 15 minutes) A manufacturing firm’s production function is Q = 2KL + 2K. For this production function, MPL = 2K and MPK = 2L + 2. Suppose that the price r of capital services is equal to 1, and let w denote price of the labour services. (a) If the firm is required to produce 10 units of output, for what values of w would a cost-minimizing firm use only capital? (b) Now assume that the rental...