EBK INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS AND ITS
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ISBN: 9781305176386
Author: Snyder
Publisher: YUZU
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Chapter 13, Problem 5RQ
To determine
To explain:Any substitution or output effect that will occur when price of input used by firms will fall.
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Given the input-output matrix below, find the output matrix if final demand changes to 500 for water, 180 for electric power, and 800 for agriculture.
Industry
Electric
Power
Industry:
Water
Electric Power
Agriculture
Other
Water
200
100
300
400
The output matrix is X=
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
480
120
240
360
Agriculture Final Demand
180
240
120
60
290
140
600
Consider the production function Q = 2(KL)0.5
c) What is the elasticity of substitution at a point K = 1, L = 1 if we increase K by one unit?
Janet has the production function z = f(x, y) = 2√x + √y where x and y
are inputs and z is the output. Janet's production function is strictly concave and
increasing in each input. You don't need to show this.
(a)
Find the cost minimizing bundle of inputs as a function of the input
prices and output.
(b)
Find Janet's supply function when the input prices of both inputs are $1
per unit.
Chapter 13 Solutions
EBK INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS AND ITS
Ch. 13.1 - Prob. 1MQCh. 13.1 - Prob. 2MQCh. 13.2 - Prob. 1TTACh. 13.2 - Prob. 2TTACh. 13.3 - Prob. 1MQCh. 13.3 - Prob. 2MQCh. 13.5 - Prob. 1MQCh. 13.6 - Prob. 1MQCh. 13.6 - Prob. 1TTACh. 13.6 - Prob. 2TTA
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