Stephanie is looking to hire workers to help her produce earrings. The current hourly market wage rate is $8 per worker. Assume this is a perfectly competitive market. Fill in the "Total Labor Cost" and "Marginal Resource Cost" columns in the table below. Stephanie's Resource Costs Labor (workers)         Total Labor Cost (dollars per hour)            Marginal Resource Cost (dollars per hour)          0                                  $0                                                                              -      1                                   ____                                                                   $______       2                                  ______                                                                  _______      3                                  ______                                                                  _______      4                                  ______                                                                  _______      5                                  ______                                                                  _______      6                                  _______                                                                _______

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Stephanie is looking to hire workers to help her produce earrings. The current hourly market wage rate is $8 per worker. Assume this is a perfectly competitive market.

Fill in the "Total Labor Cost" and "Marginal Resource Cost" columns in the table below.

Stephanie's Resource Costs

Labor (workers)         Total Labor Cost (dollars per hour)            Marginal Resource Cost (dollars per hour)   

      0                                  $0                                                                              -

     1                                   ____                                                                   $______ 

     2                                  ______                                                                  _______

     3                                  ______                                                                  _______

     4                                  ______                                                                  _______

     5                                  ______                                                                  _______

     6                                  _______                                                                _______

     7                                  _______                                                                _______        

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