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Use the Resource Demand Data Shown on the Left and the Resource

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Use the resource demand data shown on the left and the resource supply data on the right in answering the following question: $\begin{array}{c}\underline{\text { Labor Demand Data }}\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\underline{\text { Labor Supply Data }}\\\begin{array}{c}\\\underline{\text {Employment}}\\0\\1\\2\\3\\4\\5\\6\end{array}\begin{array}{c}\text {Marginal}\\\underline{\text {Product}}\\0\\15\\28\\39\\48\\55\\60\end{array}\begin{array}{c}\text { Product }\\\underline{\text { Price } }\\\$ 2.20 \\2.00 \\1.80 \\1.60 \\1.40 \\1.20 \\1.00 \end{array}\begin{array}{c}\\\underline{\text {Employment}}\\0\\1\\2\\3\\4\\5\\6 \end{array}\begin{array}{c}\text { Wage}\\\underline{\text { Rate }} \\-- \\\$1.00 \\2.00\\3.00 \\4.00 \\5.00 \\6.00\end{array}\end{array}$
Refer to the given data.How many units of output will this profit-maximizing firm produce?

Definitions:

Market Shares

Market Shares represent the percentage of an industry's total sales that is earned by a particular company over a specified time frame.

Inference

The process of drawing conclusions from facts or evidence.

Vertical Restraints

Business practices and contractual agreements between companies at different levels of the supply chain that restrict how a product or service can be sold.

Rule Of Reason

A legal doctrine used in antitrust law to determine if a business practice is permissible based on its procompetitive versus anticompetitive effects.