Homework Help: Economics

Posted by Keisha on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 6:39pm.

Economics Production Schedule
The owner of a car wash is trying to decide on the number of people to employ based on the following short-run production function: Q = 6L - 0.5L2, with the corresponding marginal product of labor equation, MPL = 6 - L.

a. Generate a schedule showing total product, average product of labor, and marginal product of labor using a range of labor inputs 0 to 6.
b. Plot the production function and the APL and MPL on two graphs.
c. Suppose the price of a basic car wash is $5. How many people should be hired if each worker is paid $6 per hour?

d. If the owner can hire students on a part-time basis for $4 per hour, should he hire assuming he/she keeps the other workers and continues to pay them $5 per hour?

Economics - economyst, Monday, November 3, 2008 at 9:40am
Take a shot, what do you think.
Hint: the value of the marginal product (VMP) is MPL*P where, in this example, P is the price of a car wash. Maximize by setting VMP = wage rate.
Economics - Anonymous, Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 12:14am
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