A Firm Produces One Output, Using One Input, with the Production

question 23

True/False

A firm produces one output, using one input, with the production function f(x)= 2x_1/3, where x is the amount of input.The cost function for this firm is proportional to the price of the input times the cube of the amount of output.

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