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Intermediate Microeconomics and Its Application 12th Edition by Walter Nicholson,Christopher Snyder
Edition 12ISBN: 978-1133189022Intermediate Microeconomics and Its Application 12th Edition by Walter Nicholson,Christopher Snyder
Edition 12ISBN: 978-1133189022 Exercise 25
Assume that the quantity of envelopes licked per hour by Sticky Gums, Inc., is 
where L is the number of laborers hired per hour by the firm.
Assume further that the envelope-licking business is perfectly competitive with a market price of $0.01 per envelope. The marginal product of a worker is given by
a. How much labor would be hired at a competitive wage of $10? $5? $2? Use your results to sketch a demand curve for labor.
b. Assume that Sticky Gums hires its labor at an hourly wage of $10. What quantity of envelopes will be licked when the price of a licked envelope is $0.10? $0.05? $0.02? Use your results to sketch a supply curve for licked envelopes.
where L is the number of laborers hired per hour by the firm.Assume further that the envelope-licking business is perfectly competitive with a market price of $0.01 per envelope. The marginal product of a worker is given by
a. How much labor would be hired at a competitive wage of $10? $5? $2? Use your results to sketch a demand curve for labor.
b. Assume that Sticky Gums hires its labor at an hourly wage of $10. What quantity of envelopes will be licked when the price of a licked envelope is $0.10? $0.05? $0.02? Use your results to sketch a supply curve for licked envelopes.
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The demand curve for labor is given as: ...
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