EBK PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
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Chapter 7.A, Problem 5P
To determine
Isoquant/isocost diagram and the least cost combination.
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Suppose you manage a business that produces high-end dog food. The business produces 3,000 dog food cans per day, and can sell each can at $2.00/can regardless of how much is produced. Your firm currently employs 20 workers, each of whom earns $15/hour and work 8 hours per day. Inputs, like the meat for the food and the metal for the can, cost $1.00/can. Your overhead expenses, including rent, property taxes, insurance, etc., which does not vary with the number of cans produced, equals $250 per day.
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Based on the information provided in the table below, which of the three firms experiences economies of scale, constant returns to scale, and diseconomies of scale? (Please explain in details with graph)
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TC of Firm 1
TC of Firm 2
TC of Firm 3
1
$100
$25
$50
2
$110
$60
$100
3
$120
$100
$150
4
$130
$160
$200
5
$140
$220
$250
6
$150
$280
$300
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