Tad's Baitshop Currently Uses No Computers in Determining Inventory

question 50

Essay

Tad's Baitshop currently uses no computers in determining inventory. The number of items that can be inventoried in a day is given by y(L) =
, where L is the number of labor hours used. If Tad purchases a computer to be used for inventory purposes, the number of items that can be inventoried in a day becomes y(L) = 2
. Use the information in the table below to sketch Tad's marginal product of labor curves before and after the use of the computer for inventory purposes.

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