A widget manufacturer has an infinitely substitutable production function of the form q = 2K + L
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A widget manufacturer has an infinitely substitutable production function of the form
q = 2K + L
a. Graph the is oquant maps for q = 20, q = 40, and q = 60. What is the RTS along these is oquants?
b. If the wage rate (w) is $1 and the rental rate on capital (v) is $1, what cost-minimizing combination of K and L will the manufacturer employ for the three different production levels in part a? What is the manufacturer’s expansion path?
c. How would your answer to part b change if v rose to $3 with w remaining at $1?
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Intermediate Microeconomics and Its Application
ISBN: 978-0324599107
11th edition
Authors: walter nicholson, christopher snyder
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