Jake is a corn farmer in Nebraska. He rents his land on a long-term lease for $250,000 a year. He pays his farm hands $128,000 a year
Is his rent a fixed cost or a variable cost? Are the wages he pays his workers a fixed cost or a variable cost? Briefly explain your answers.
Jake's rent is a fixed cost. He is renting his land on a long-term lease and so the land is a fixed input. The wages Jake pays are a variable cost. Labor is a variable input so the wages are a variable cost.
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A) percentage of workers who do not have a job B) percentage of workers who do not have a job but are looking for work C) percentage of workers who stop working D) percentage of workers who are looking for work E) none of the above
To determine whether a market is perfectly competitive, economists examine the
A. number of firms in the market. B. similarities among the products of the different firms in the market. C. ease of entry and exit by firms in the market. D. All of the responses are correct.
The most broadly based price index is the:
a. real GDP price index. b. consumer price index. c. producer price index. d. GDP chain price index.
Table 30.1Number of workers (per hour)Total output (per hour)Marginal physical product (output per worker)Total revenue (dollars per hour)Marginal revenue product (dollars per hour worker)14---________---210________________________315________________________419________________________522________________________Assume that the product price is $4 per unit and that the hourly wage for workers is $12. Neither price nor wage changes with output. In Table 30.1, how many workers should be hired?
A. 3. B. 2. C. 4. D. 5.