Question 1 Candice's' Cookies is a new cookie delivery company in Gainesville, Florida. The firm hires local college students to sell cookies door-to-door in higher income neighborhoods. Each of these "Sales Associates" sells cookies, which increases Candice's Cookies' total revenue, but must be paid an hourly wage. The graph below depicts Candice's Cookies' demand for labor curve when the retail price of a cookie is $2. $35 Hourly Wage C. 3 cookies D. 4 cookies E. 5 cookies $30 $25 $20 $15 $10 $5 6 8 10 12 14 Number of Sales Associates Part (i): Suppose that the retail price of a cookie is $2.50. What is the marginal product of the 4th Sales Associate? A. 1 cookie B. 2 cookies Part (ii): Suppose that the retail price of a cookie is $2.50. What is the marginal product of the 6th Sales Associate? A. 1 cookie B. 2 cookies C. 3 cookies D. 4 cookies E. 5 cookies Part (iii): Suppose that the retail price of a cookie is $2.50. What is the marginal product of the 8th Sales Associate? A. 1 cookie B. 2 cookies C. 3 cookies D. 4 cookies E. 5 cookies Part (iv): Conditional on holding the price of the output good fixed, does the marginal product of each additional worker increase or decrease as the firm increases output and employment? Explain your answer.
Question 1 Candice's' Cookies is a new cookie delivery company in Gainesville, Florida. The firm hires local college students to sell cookies door-to-door in higher income neighborhoods. Each of these "Sales Associates" sells cookies, which increases Candice's Cookies' total revenue, but must be paid an hourly wage. The graph below depicts Candice's Cookies' demand for labor curve when the retail price of a cookie is $2. $35 Hourly Wage C. 3 cookies D. 4 cookies E. 5 cookies $30 $25 $20 $15 $10 $5 6 8 10 12 14 Number of Sales Associates Part (i): Suppose that the retail price of a cookie is $2.50. What is the marginal product of the 4th Sales Associate? A. 1 cookie B. 2 cookies Part (ii): Suppose that the retail price of a cookie is $2.50. What is the marginal product of the 6th Sales Associate? A. 1 cookie B. 2 cookies C. 3 cookies D. 4 cookies E. 5 cookies Part (iii): Suppose that the retail price of a cookie is $2.50. What is the marginal product of the 8th Sales Associate? A. 1 cookie B. 2 cookies C. 3 cookies D. 4 cookies E. 5 cookies Part (iv): Conditional on holding the price of the output good fixed, does the marginal product of each additional worker increase or decrease as the firm increases output and employment? Explain your answer.
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