A firm’s labor input, total output of labor, and product price schedules are given below. If labor is the only variable input, how much labor should the firm employ if the wage rate is $8 per day?
What will be an ideal response?
The firm should hire 5 workers. The MRP of the fifth worker is $11 and the MRC is $8.
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