Suppose that Maria is starting a food ordering and delivery company. Customers order meals online. Employees prepare the meals and deliver them to customers. Maintenance of the online platform for ordering meals costs the company $5 per day. The company also rents space where orders are prepared. Rent costs $50 per day. To make the deliveries, the business also rents two delivery cars that cost $10 each per day. The costs of ingredients for preparing different numbers of meals are provided in the table below. Maria also has to hire between 0 and 10 workers (depending on the number of meals she chooses to make) to buy ingredients, prepare meals, and deliver the orders. She will pay each employee $120 per day. The first two columns of the table below show how many meals different number of workers can prepare and deliver. Price per meal $50 Workers Meals (Output (Labor L) Q) 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 30 42 52 60 67 6 7 8 9 MPL FC Cost of ingredients $10 $75 $100 $121 $138 $152 $165 $177 $189 $199 $210 VC TC AFC 73 79 85 90 10 95 a) Use Excel Charts to graph this business' production function (relationship between L and Q). Hint: Select the data that you would like to be included, and go to Insert/ Chart => All charts => Select "Line". AVC ATC MC TR Profit Profit per meal

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Suppose that Maria is starting a food ordering and delivery company. Customers order meals online. Employees prepare the meals and deliver them to customers.

**Operational Costs:**

- Maintenance of the online platform for ordering meals costs the company $5 per day.
- The company also rents space where orders are prepared. Rent costs $50 per day.
- To make the deliveries, the business also rents two delivery cars that cost $10 each per day.

**Labor and Production:**

Maria has to hire between 0 and 10 workers (depending on the number of meals she chooses to make) to buy ingredients, prepare meals, and deliver the orders. She will pay each employee $120 per day.

The first two columns of the table below show how many meals a different number of workers can prepare and deliver.

| Price per meal | $50 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|----------------|-----|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|
| Workers (Labor L) | Meals (Output Q) | MPL | FC | Cost of ingredients | VC | TC | AFC | AVC | ATC | MC | TR | Profit | Profit per meal |
|-------------------|------------------|-----|----|---------------------|----|----|-----|-----|-----|----|----|-------|-----------------|
| 0                 | 0                | -   |    | $10                 |    |    |     |     |     |    |    |       |                 |
| 1                 | 30               |     |    | $75                 |    |    |     |     |     |    |    |       |                 |
| 2                 | 42               |     |    | $100                |    |    |     |     |     |    |    |       |                 |
| 3                 | 52               |     |    | $121                |    |    |     |     |     |    |    |       |                 |
| 4                 | 60               |     |    | $138                |    |    |     |     |     |    |    |       |                 |
| 5                 | 67               |     |    | $152                |    |    |     |     |     |
Transcribed Image Text:**Educational Website Content:** --- Suppose that Maria is starting a food ordering and delivery company. Customers order meals online. Employees prepare the meals and deliver them to customers. **Operational Costs:** - Maintenance of the online platform for ordering meals costs the company $5 per day. - The company also rents space where orders are prepared. Rent costs $50 per day. - To make the deliveries, the business also rents two delivery cars that cost $10 each per day. **Labor and Production:** Maria has to hire between 0 and 10 workers (depending on the number of meals she chooses to make) to buy ingredients, prepare meals, and deliver the orders. She will pay each employee $120 per day. The first two columns of the table below show how many meals a different number of workers can prepare and deliver. | Price per meal | $50 | | | | | | | | | | | |----------------|-----|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--| | Workers (Labor L) | Meals (Output Q) | MPL | FC | Cost of ingredients | VC | TC | AFC | AVC | ATC | MC | TR | Profit | Profit per meal | |-------------------|------------------|-----|----|---------------------|----|----|-----|-----|-----|----|----|-------|-----------------| | 0 | 0 | - | | $10 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 30 | | | $75 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 42 | | | $100 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 52 | | | $121 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 60 | | | $138 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 67 | | | $152 | | | | | |
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