Geoffrey owns a small shop that sells cups of frozen yogurt in the university. Geoffrey owns three frozen-yogurt machines. His other inputs are refrigerators, frozen-yogurt mix, cups, sprinkle toppings, and, of course, workers. He estimates that his daily production function when he varies the number of workers employed (and at the same time, of course, yogurt mix, cups, and so on) is as shown in the accompanying table. i What are the fixed inputs and variable inputs in the production of cups of frozen yogurt? ii. Draw the total product curve for Geoffrey’s yoghurt shop iii. Compute the marginal product for Geoffrey’s workers

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Geoffrey owns a small shop that sells cups of frozen yogurt in the university.
Geoffrey owns three frozen-yogurt machines. His other inputs are refrigerators, frozen-yogurt
mix, cups, sprinkle toppings, and, of course, workers. He estimates that his daily production
function when he varies the number of workers employed (and at the same time, of course,
yogurt mix, cups, and so on) is as shown in the accompanying table.
i What are the fixed inputs and variable inputs in the production of cups of frozen yogurt?
ii. Draw the total product curve for Geoffrey’s yoghurt shop
iii. Compute the marginal product for Geoffrey’s workers

Labor (workers) Quantity of frozen yogurt (cups)
1
110
200
3
270
4
300
320
6
330
Transcribed Image Text:Labor (workers) Quantity of frozen yogurt (cups) 1 110 200 3 270 4 300 320 6 330
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