Question: Ali was job seeking. He decided he would not work for anything less than $18/hour. He was hired at $22/hour. a. What is Ali's price

  1. Ali was job seeking. He decided he would not work for anything less than

$18/hour. He was hired at $22/hour.

a. What is Ali's price of leisure per hour? Explain. 1 Mark

b. What is Ali's economic rent per hour? Explain. 1 Mark

Workers per day

Cost

Of labour per day

Column A

Total Product

Per day

Marginal Product

Of worker per Day Column B

Marginal Revenue Product of each worker $,

Column C.

1 6
2 16
3 24
4 30
5 34
6 36

Refer to the Table above. The products being made by the workers can be sold in perfectively competitive market for $50 each, and all workers are paid $250 per day.

c. Calculate the cost of labour per day for 4 workers. 1 Mark

d. Calculate the Marginal Product of the 3rd worker. 1 Mark

e. Calculate the Marginal Revenue Product of the 5th worker. 1 Mark

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