Suppose a Firm Uses Labor and Capital to Produce Output

question 116

Multiple Choice

Suppose a firm uses labor and capital to produce output.The last unit of labor hired has a marginal product of 12 units of output, and the last unit of capital employed has a marginal product of 20 units.Use the optimal combination of inputs rule to calculate the price of capital if the price of labor is $6 per unit.The price of capital is

• A)$2.
• B)$10.
• C)$20.
• D)impossible to determine with the information given.

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