Consider a firm with the production function F(K, L) = Kº.8 Lº.2 10. (Concretely, imagine that due to technological imperfections, the first 10 units of output are unus- able, so that if the firm produces 100 units of a good, only 90 are of sufficient quality). 20 units of capital, what = If the firm is currently using L = 20 units of labor and K is the elasticity of substitution?

Consider a firm with the production function F(K, L) = Kº.8 Lº.2 10. (Concretely, imagine that due to technological imperfections, the first 10 units of output are unus- able, so that if the firm produces 100 units of a good, only 90 are of sufficient quality). 20 units of capital, what = If the firm is currently using L = 20 units of labor and K is the elasticity of substitution?

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