XYZ CoOperates in a Competitive Market

question 100

Essay

XYZ Co.operates in a competitive market.Its marginal product of labor is 1/L,and it takes the wage and price as given.Derive the firm's short-run demand for labor as a function of w and p.How much labor will the firm hire if w = 2 and p = 10?

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