Carolyn owns a soda factory and hires workers in a competitive labor market to bottle soda. Her company's weekly output a bottle soda varies with the number of workers hired, as shown in the following table. Complete the following table before answering:   Number Of Workers Cases Per Week Total Revenue $ per week VMP $ per worker 0 0     1 200     2 360     3 480     4 560     5 600       A. If each case sells for $10 more than the cost of the materials used in producing it in the competitive market wage is $1000 per week how many workers should Carolyn hire? How many cases will be produced per week? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________     B. Suppose the soda bottles union now sets a weekly minimum acceptable wage of $1500 per week. All the workers Carol hires belong to the union. How does the minimum wage affect Carol's decision about how many workers the hire? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   C. If the wages again $1000 per week but the price of soda rises to $15 per case, how many workers will Carol hire now? Complete the table before answering.   Number Of Workers Cases Per Week Total Revenue $ per week VMP $ per worker 0 0     1 200     2 360     3 480     4 560     5 600       _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Carolyn owns a soda factory and hires workers in a competitive labor market to bottle soda. Her company's weekly output a bottle soda varies with the number of workers hired, as shown in the following table. Complete the following table before answering:

 

Number Of Workers

Cases Per Week

Total Revenue

$ per week

VMP

$ per worker

0

0

 

 

1

200

 

 

2

360

 

 

3

480

 

 

4

560

 

 

5

600

 

 

 

A. If each case sells for $10 more than the cost of the materials used in producing it in the competitive market wage is $1000 per week how many workers should Carolyn hire? How many cases will be produced per week?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

B. Suppose the soda bottles union now sets a weekly minimum acceptable wage of $1500 per week. All the workers Carol hires belong to the union. How does the minimum wage affect Carol's decision about how many workers the hire?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

C. If the wages again $1000 per week but the price of soda rises to $15 per case, how many workers will Carol hire now? Complete the table before answering.

 

Number Of Workers

Cases Per Week

Total Revenue

$ per week

VMP

$ per worker

0

0

 

 

1

200

 

 

2

360

 

 

3

480

 

 

4

560

 

 

5

600

 

 

 

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