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a) If the production function is: ? = 2 ∗ ? .5? .6 find the function for the marginal product of labor and the function for the marginal product of capital.
b) Use the marginal products that you just found and the wage of $100,000 and the rental rate of $1,000,00 to determine if the last dollar rule is satisfied when there are 50 engineers (L) and 2 prototyping facilities (K). If it is not satisfied, should the firm use more engineers or more prototyping facilities.
c) Use a Lagrangian (or another method) to find the optimal combination of capital and labor when the budget is $11 million. It is okay that the resulting amounts of labor and capital may not be integer (whole number) values.
d) Use a Lagrangian (or another method) to find the optimal combination of capital and labor to reach a production target of 50. It is okay that the resulting amounts of labor and capital may not be integer (whole number) values.