a)The technical rate of substitution between factors X2 and X1 is 4. If you desire to produce the same amount of output but cut your use of X1 by 3 Units, how many more units of X2 unit will you need. b) Why will a monoponist undeemploy and underpay its workers compared to a perfectly competitive firm.  c) Explain what happens to the marginal Factor cost of hiring a worker faced by the Monoponist when the elasticity of the supply Curve is infinitely large.

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a)The technical rate of substitution between factors X2 and X1 is 4. If you desire to produce the same amount of output but cut your use of X1 by 3 Units, how many more units of X2 unit will you need.

b) Why will a monoponist undeemploy and underpay its workers compared to a perfectly competitive firm. 

c) Explain what happens to the marginal Factor cost of hiring a worker faced by the Monoponist when the elasticity of the supply Curve is infinitely large.

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