EBK INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS AND ITS
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Author: Snyder
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.1P
a.
To determine
To calculate:Labor required to produce 60 and 100 cans of tuna per hour, when capital input is fixed at 6 per hour.
b.
To determine
To calculate:Labor required to produce 60 and 100 cans of tuna per hour when capital input is fixed at 8 per hour.
c.
To determine
To draw:Isoquants at output of 60 and 100 tuna cans, indicating points of sub-part a and b and determination of rate of substitution along the isoquants.
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Imagine that the production function for tuna cans is given by
q = 6K + 4L
where
q = Output of tuna cans per hour
K = Capital input per hour
L = Labor input per hour
a. Assuming capital is fixed at K = 6, how much L is required to produce 60 tuna cans per hour? To produce 100 per hour?
b. Now assume that capital input is fixed at K = 8; what L is required to produce 60 tuna cans per hour? To produce 100 per hour?
c. Graph the q = 60 and q = 100 isoquants. Indicate the points found in part a and part b. What is the RTS along the isoquants?
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a. Assume capital is fixed at K = 6, how much L is required to produce 60 tuna cans per hour?
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Chapter 6 Solutions
EBK INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS AND ITS
Ch. 6.2 - Prob. 1TTACh. 6.2 - Prob. 2TTACh. 6.2 - Prob. 1MQCh. 6.2 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.3 - Prob. 1TTACh. 6.3 - Prob. 2TTACh. 6.3 - Prob. 1MQCh. 6.3 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.4 - Prob. 1TTACh. 6.4 - Prob. 2TTA
Ch. 6.5 - Prob. 1MQCh. 6.5 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.5 - Prob. 3MQCh. 6.6 - Prob. 1TTACh. 6.6 - Prob. 2TTACh. 6.7 - Prob. 1MQCh. 6.7 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.7 - Prob. 3MQCh. 6.7 - Prob. 4MQCh. 6 - Prob. 1RQCh. 6 - Prob. 2RQCh. 6 - Prob. 3RQCh. 6 - Prob. 4RQCh. 6 - Prob. 5RQCh. 6 - Prob. 6RQCh. 6 - Prob. 7RQCh. 6 - Prob. 8RQCh. 6 - Prob. 9RQCh. 6 - Prob. 10RQCh. 6 - Prob. 6.1PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.2PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.3PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.4PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.5PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.6PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.7PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.8PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.9PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.10P
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