1. The market price for tomatoes is $2/pound. Lynn is too small to influence the price of tomatoes. Her tomato (short-run) production function is given by q = L3 where L measures hours of labor and q measures pounds of tómatoes. (a) demand curve for labor. Lynn hires labor from a competitive labor market. Find her short run (b) elastic than her short-run demand for labor? Explain your answer. Would you expect Lynn's long-run demand for labor to be more or less

1. The market price for tomatoes is $2/pound. Lynn is too small to influence the price of tomatoes. Her tomato (short-run) production function is given by q = L3 where L measures hours of labor and q measures pounds of tómatoes. (a) demand curve for labor. Lynn hires labor from a competitive labor market. Find her short run (b) elastic than her short-run demand for labor? Explain your answer. Would you expect Lynn's long-run demand for labor to be more or less

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