The Edge Corporation Manufactures Gas Powered Water Pumps

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Essay

The Edge Corporation manufactures gas powered water pumps. Each pump can be produced in two hours using either of two production processes: with one worker and 10 tools or with 2 workers and 6 tools. Each worker earns $12.00 per hour and each tool has an implicit rental rate of $1.50 per hour. Could both combinations of inputs be technically efficient? What is the economically efficient input combination? Explain.

Acknowledge the significance of informed consent and the elements necessary to facilitate it.

Appreciate the value of self-awareness, lifelong learning, and supervision in professional growth and ethical practice.

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Definitions:

Points per Module

The number of inputs or outputs that a single module in a modular system, such as a PLC, can handle or support.

Discrete I/O Modules

Electronic devices used in automation systems to process binary signals from sensors (inputs) and to control actuators (outputs).

Analog Inputs

Inputs to a system that can represent a continuous range of values, unlike digital inputs which represent only distinct on or off states.