Find the Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution for the following production functions:
a. q = L0.5 K0.5
b. q = L0.5 + K0.5
c. q = min{K,L}
d. q = L + K
a. K/L
b. K/L
c. - infinity for K > L and 0 for L < K (undefined when K = L)
d. -1
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