Here is the production function for our local brewery's best-selling Halloween pumpkin beer: q = 100L0.5K0.6 Current wages (w) are $12 and the cost of capital (r) is $4. 1. Calculate the brewery's marginal rate of technical substitution (MRTS). 2. If the brewery is currently using 50 units of labor (L) how much capital should they use?

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