Consider a company operating in a competitive market. The company sells units of output and receives a price of $30 per unit, and pays a daily market wage of $285 to each worker it employs. In the following table, complete the column for the value of the marginal product of labor (VMPL) at each quantity of workers. Labor (Number of workers) Output (Units of output) Marginal Product of Labor (Units of output) Value of the Marginal Product of Labor (Dollars) GE (Dollars per worker) 1 500 450 400 350 300 On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot the firm's labor demand curve. Then, use the orange line (square symbols) to show the wage rate. (Note: If you cannot place the wage rate at the level you want, move the two end points individually.) 250 Hint: Remember to plot each point halfway between the two integers. For example, when the number of workers increases from 0 to 1, the value of the marginal product for the first worker should be plotted with a horizontal coordinate of 0.5, the value halfway between 0 and 1. Line segments will automatically connect the points. 200 Q 0 1 2 2 3 4 W 0 16 31 45 #3 56 C 64 AAAAA 16 54 15 14 11 8 45 Demand 1 Market Wage Rate 6 ? 87 00000 7 8 9 3

Consider a company operating in a competitive market. The company sells units of output and receives a price of $30 per unit, and pays a daily market wage of $285 to each worker it employs. In the following table, complete the column for the value of the marginal product of labor (VMPL) at each quantity of workers. Labor (Number of workers) Output (Units of output) Marginal Product of Labor (Units of output) Value of the Marginal Product of Labor (Dollars) GE (Dollars per worker) 1 500 450 400 350 300 On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot the firm's labor demand curve. Then, use the orange line (square symbols) to show the wage rate. (Note: If you cannot place the wage rate at the level you want, move the two end points individually.) 250 Hint: Remember to plot each point halfway between the two integers. For example, when the number of workers increases from 0 to 1, the value of the marginal product for the first worker should be plotted with a horizontal coordinate of 0.5, the value halfway between 0 and 1. Line segments will automatically connect the points. 200 Q 0 1 2 2 3 4 W 0 16 31 45 #3 56 C 64 AAAAA 16 54 15 14 11 8 45 Demand 1 Market Wage Rate 6 ? 87 00000 7 8 9 3

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