Suppose a company engaged in manufacture of wheat whose production function is represented by: Q =10KL. In addition, firm must pay wages of $200 and rent on capital is $600. It is known that firm has a budget of $30,000 for cheese production. a) Calculate break-even point of both factors of production and graph it b) What will happen if minimum wage is now fixed at $300? Graph it c) Assuming that new minimum wage at point b) is maintained and, assuming that investor demands a capital rent of $900, explain what happens to optimal factor level. Graph it
Suppose a company engaged in manufacture of wheat whose production function is represented by: Q =10KL. In addition, firm must pay wages of $200 and rent on capital is $600. It is known that firm has a budget of $30,000 for cheese production. a) Calculate break-even point of both factors of production and graph it b) What will happen if minimum wage is now fixed at $300? Graph it c) Assuming that new minimum wage at point b) is maintained and, assuming that investor demands a capital rent of $900, explain what happens to optimal factor level. Graph it
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Suppose a company engaged in manufacture of wheat whose production function is represented by: Q =10KL.
In addition, firm must pay wages of $200 and rent on capital is $600. It is known that firm has a budget of $30,000 for cheese production.
a) Calculate break-even point of both factors of production and graph it
b) What will happen if minimum wage is now fixed at $300? Graph it
c) Assuming that new minimum wage at point b) is maintained and, assuming that investor demands a capital rent of $900, explain what happens to optimal factor level. Graph it
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