Cogswell Cogs Can Jointly Produce Cogs or Rotors

question 6

Essay

Cogswell Cogs can jointly produce cogs or rotors. The joint cost function is: where q₁ is the number of cogs and q₂ is the number of rotors Cogswell produces. If Cogswell produces cogs alone, the cost function is: ( ) = 35 . If Cogswell produces rotors alone, the cost function is: ( ) = 12 . Calculate Cogswell's degree of economies of scope if he produces 64 cogs and 16 rotors.

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