In: Economics
Technology and Production Theory
The ABC Corporation produces just one product, widgets. The company’s new economist has calculated a short-run production function as follows:
Q = 7L + 0.6L2 – 0.1L3
Where Q is the number of widgets produced per day and L is the number of production workers working an eight-hour day.
Develop a production schedule with L equaling 1 to 10.
Calculate the Average and Marginal Product.
Q= 7L + 0.6L2 -0.1L3
MPL =7 + 1.2L -0.3L2
APL = Q/L = 7 +0.6L -0.1L2
L | Q | APL=Q/L | MPL= Change in Q |
1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | - |
2 | (14+2.4-0.8)=15.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 |
3 | (15+5.4-2.7)=17.7 | 5.9 | 2.1 |
4 | (28+9.6-6.4)=31.2 | 7.8 | 13.5 |
5 | (35+15-12.5)=37.5 | 7.5 | 6.3 |
6 | (42+21.6-21.6)=42 | 7 | 4.5 |
7 | (49+29.4-34.3)=44.1 | 6.3 | 2.1 |
8 | (56+38.4-51.2)= 43.2 | 5.4 | -0.9 |
9 | (63+48.6-72.9)= 38.7 | 4.3 | -4.5 |
10 | (70+60-100)= 30 | 3 | -8.7 |