Economics (7th Edition) (What's New in Economics)
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Chapter 11.A, Problem 9PA
To determine
Technological change, Isoquant- Isocost line graph.
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Draw an isoquant-isocost line graph to illustrate the following situation and the change that occurs:
Ebba Kantzen can rent pizza ovens for $875 per week and hire workers for $500 per
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total costs of $7,000. Then Ebba reorganizes the way things are done in her business and achieves
positive technological change.
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Use the three-point curved line drawing tool to draw an isoquant curve for 20,000 pizzas per
prior to the technological change and an isoquant curve for 20,000 pizzas after the technological
change. Properly label the curves.
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Capital (ovens per week)
20-
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Isocost
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Labour (workers per week)
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The graph shows one of a firm's isoquants (blue line) and one of a firm's isocost lines
(dashed red line).
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Based on this informatin, this firm's MRTS
Because of this, the firm should produce with
is always greater; all labor and no capital
is always greater; all capital and no labor
is
always less; all capital and no labor
is always less: all labor and no capital
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than the ratio of the input prices.
to cost-minimize.
Exhibited in the table below are the two isoquants and the isocost for a hypothetical firm
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Labor
40
28
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4
0
Capital
1
2
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Labor
80
38
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20
14
10
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Labor (P2/unit)
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(P5/unit)
0
2
4
6
8
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In a single graph, please perform the following:
A. Draw the Isoquant curve
B. Draw the isocost
C. Identify the optimal point which is tangent to the isoquant line. Please mark the spot as X.
D. How many units of capital and labor is the optimal combination
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Economics (7th Edition) (What's New in Economics)
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