An economy can produce leather using labor and capital and wheat using labor and land. The total supply of labor is 50 units. Given the supply of capital, the outputs of the two goods depend on labor input as follows: Table 1: Table Labor for Leather Leather Output Labor for Wheat Wheat Output 27 19.8 10 38.5 10 31.2 15 47.3 15 42.3 20 56 20 52.1 25 65.7 25 60.6 30 74.5 30 69 35 82.4 35 77.4 40 88.2 40 85.4 45 94.1 45 93.9 50 100 50 100

An economy can produce leather using labor and capital and wheat using labor and land. The total supply of labor is 50 units. Given the supply of capital, the outputs of the two goods depend on labor input as follows: Table 1: Table Labor for Leather Leather Output Labor for Wheat Wheat Output 27 19.8 10 38.5 10 31.2 15 47.3 15 42.3 20 56 20 52.1 25 65.7 25 60.6 30 74.5 30 69 35 82.4 35 77.4 40 88.2 40 85.4 45 94.1 45 93.9 50 100 50 100

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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