Assume that an appliance manufacturer is employing variable resources X and Y in such amounts that the MRPs of the last units of X and Y employed are $100 and $60, respectively. Resource X can be hired at $50 per unit and resource Y at $80 per unit. The firm Multiple Choice should hire more of X and less of Y should hire more of both X and Y is producing with the least-costly combination of X and Y but could increase its profts by employing more of X and less of V is using the least costly combination of X and Y but could increase its profits by employing less of both X and Y

Assume that an appliance manufacturer is employing variable resources X and Y in such amounts that the MRPs of the last units of X and Y employed are $100 and $60, respectively. Resource X can be hired at $50 per unit and resource Y at $80 per unit. The firm Multiple Choice should hire more of X and less of Y should hire more of both X and Y is producing with the least-costly combination of X and Y but could increase its profts by employing more of X and less of V is using the least costly combination of X and Y but could increase its profits by employing less of both X and Y

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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