If the cost of capital is $32 per hour, the wage paid to employees is $15 per hour, the marginal product of capital is 16 units per hour, and the marginal product of labor is 6 units per hour, to minimize its costs, the firm should ________.

A) not change the amount of labor or capital
B) increase the amount of labor used and decrease the amount of capital used
C) decrease the amount of labor used and increase the amount of capital used
D) decrease the amount of labor and capital used


C) decrease the amount of labor used and increase the amount of capital used

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a. farming and selling crops b. selling and trading firearms c. trapping and trading d. organizing warfare

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A chief can expect his authority to remain unchallenged during his lifetime, unlike the tonowi, who is in constant danger of being thrown down from his pedestal

a. True b. False

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A point mutation occurs when __________ is changed

a. a single gene b. an allele pair is changed c. an introns is changed d. a single base in a gene

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