Cobb-Douglas Productivity Functions Have the Form Where P Stands

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Short Answer

Cobb-Douglas productivity functions have the form where P stands for the number of items produced per year, x is the number of employees, and y is the annual operating budget. The numbers K and a are constants that depend on the situation we are looking at, with How many items will be produced per year by a company that has 200 employees and an annual operating budget of $100,000 if K = 1,000 and a = 0.6? (Round your answer to one significant digit.)

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