The Blue Hat Company makes amazing hats! They are in the short-run and use both labor and capital. Labor is variable and capital is fixed. Their capital cost is $15 and each worker gets paid a wage of $8. Their input and output is listed below.
Qinput | Qoutput |
0 | 0 |
1 | 10 |
2 | 15 |
3 | 5 |
For all answers, please include units!
At 1 worker, what is the firm's total product?
At 0 workers, what is the firm's total fixed cost?
Assume the firm is NOW in the long-run as seen in table below. Assume ALL positions on the table are reflective of the long-run. Assume the wage is still $8 and the cost per unit of capital is $15.
Output | K=1 | K=2 | K=3 |
L=1 | 10 | 15 | 30 |
L=2 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
L=3 | 5 | 30 | 30 |
Which which number of workers does the firm have negative marginal returns?
What is the average fixed cost of 10 units of output?
What is the average variable cost at 15 units of output?
What is the average total cost with 15 units of output?
What is the marginal cost at 5 units of output?
At which output level(s) does the firm experiencing diminishing marginal returns?
Which combination of resources would be at the bottom of the LR-ATC curve?