can produce 100 cookies per day, the cost of the average worker is $32 per day, and the price of a cookie is $1.00. Is the firm maximizing profit? The firm O A. is not maximizing profit because the marginal revenue product of labor is greater than the wage. O B. is not maximizing profit because the marginal revenue product of labor is less than the wage. O C. is maximizing profit because the marginal product of labor is greater than the wage. O D. is not maximizing profit because the price of the output is not equal to the wage. fit hocause the marginal product of labor is areater than ihe wage
can produce 100 cookies per day, the cost of the average worker is $32 per day, and the price of a cookie is $1.00. Is the firm maximizing profit? The firm O A. is not maximizing profit because the marginal revenue product of labor is greater than the wage. O B. is not maximizing profit because the marginal revenue product of labor is less than the wage. O C. is maximizing profit because the marginal product of labor is greater than the wage. O D. is not maximizing profit because the price of the output is not equal to the wage. fit hocause the marginal product of labor is areater than ihe wage
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Transcribed Image Text:A small specialty cookie company, whose only variable input is labor, finds that the average worker
can produce 100 cookies per day, the cost of the average worker is $32 per day, and the price of a
cookie is $1.00. Is the firm maximizing profit?
The firm
O A. is not maximizing profit because the marginal revenue product of labor is greater than the
wage.
O B. is not maximizing profit because the marginal revenue product of labor is less than the
wage.
O C. is maxinmizing profit because the marginal product of labor is greater than the wage.
O D. is not maximizing profit because the price of the output is not equal to the wage.
O E. is not maximizing profit because the marginal product of labor is greater than the wage.
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