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The production of bagels is a
function of labor and ingredients (mostly bread flour and sugar)....
The production of bagels is a
function of labor and ingredients (mostly bread flour and sugar).
The estimated that the production function of the Bagel Shop
is,
Q=2L+L0.7I0.3
,
where L is
number of workers and I is an aggregate
measure of ingredients.
- What is the short-run production function if ingredients are
fixed at I=100?
- What is the marginal product of labor
(MPL) at The Bagel
Shop?
- What is the average product of labor
(APL) at The Bagel
Shop?
Suppose the wage rate, w, is $15 and the cost of
one unit of ingredients is $2. Currently, The Bagel Shop
employs four workers (L=4).
- What is the marginal cost (MC) of a
bagel at The Bagel Shop?
- What is the average variable cost
(AVC) of a bagel at The Bagel Shop?
- What is the average cost (AC) of a
bagel at The Bagel Shop?
- Would The Bagel Shop make a positive profit if the price of a
bagel was $4.50?