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Paul is a teenager who makes money washing cars. He has 200 cars he needs to wash each week. His weekly revenue from washing cars is $8,000. If manual car-washing supply kits are used, a worker can wash each car in an hour. If power-washing supply kits are used, a worker can wash each car in 30 minutes. Paul hires other teenagers to help him. Their labor is supplied inelastically at $10 per hour. Each teenager works two hours a day and five days each week.
- If Paul decides to have his workers use manual supply kits, how many manual supply kits will Paul rent and how many workers will he hire?
- If he decides to have the workers use power-washing supply kits, how many supply kits will Paul rent and how many workers will he hire?
- Suppose the weekly rental cost for each manual washing kit is $250 and for each power-washing kit is $700. What type of kit will Paul rent? How many workers will he employ? How much profit will he earn?
- Suppose the government imposes a 20 percent payroll tax (paid by employers) on all labor and offers a 20 percent subsidy on the rental cost of capital. What equipment will Paul rent? How many workers will he employ? How much profit will he earn?
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