You Have Been Hired by a Data Processing Firm to Provide

question 118

Multiple Choice

You have been hired by a data processing firm to provide economic advice. The owner of the firm tells you that the firm's only variable input is the number of data-entry operators. The hourly wage for data-entry operators is $15.00. The marginal revenue product curve for data-entry operators reaches its maximum at three workers with a marginal revenue product of $12.00. What advice would you give this firm?

• A) Hire three data-entry operators so as to minimize the amount of money the firm will lose.
• B) Shut down immediately, as the firm is not able to cover all of its variable costs.
• C) Increase the wage rate paid to data-entry operators so that their marginal revenue product will increase.
• D) Produce as much as possible so as to maximize the difference between the wage paid to data-entry operators and their marginal revenue product.

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Definitions:

Statement of Cash Flows

An overview presenting the effects of changes in income and balance sheet figures on cash and cash equivalents, categorized by operating, investing, and financing activities.

Indirect Method

An approach used in cash flow statements where net income is adjusted for changes in non-cash working capital and other items to arrive at net cash flow from operating activities.

Fixed Assets

Fixed assets are long-term tangible assets that a company owns and uses in its operations to generate income, such as buildings, machinery, and equipment.

Percentage-Of-Completion Method

An accounting method used to recognize revenues and expenses of long-term projects proportionate to the work completed during the period.