Jeff owns a garage and has 3 mechanics to help him. With the tools used being fixed in the short run, his production function is given by 5 + 2L = Y , where L is the number of mechanics and Y is the number of cars they can fix. If Jeff hires a fourth mechanic, what will be the marginal product of the new mechanic hired?

a. 11
b. 13
c. 2
d. 7


C

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A) $3,000 B) $4,000 C) $2,000 D) $5,000

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The firm learns that the probability of launch estimated for the voice activated software was too optimistic and instead is actually 65%. Is it still worth for the company to develop the simplified software?

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