d. Consider the employer's total costs, which include the equipment costs as well as a normal profit of $50 per acre. If the firm pays workers the minimum wage of $14.30 per hour, what will the firm's economic profit or loss be per acre? (Note: Use a negative sign if you are entering a loss.) The firm's loss O per acre will be $ e. At what value would the minimum wage have to be set so that the firm makes zero economic profit from employing an additional low-skilled worker to clear woodland?
d. Consider the employer's total costs, which include the equipment costs as well as a normal profit of $50 per acre. If the firm pays workers the minimum wage of $14.30 per hour, what will the firm's economic profit or loss be per acre? (Note: Use a negative sign if you are entering a loss.) The firm's loss O per acre will be $ e. At what value would the minimum wage have to be set so that the firm makes zero economic profit from employing an additional low-skilled worker to clear woodland?
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![Suppose that low-skilled workers employed in clearing woodland can each clear one acre per month if each is equipped with a shovel,
a machete, and a chainsaw. Clearing one acre brings in $1,500 in revenue. Each worker's equipment costs the worker's employer
$275 per month to rent and each worker toils 40 hours per week for 4 weeks each month.
Instructions: In part a, enter your answer as a whole number. In parts b-e, round your answers to 2 decimal places. If you are entering
any negative numbers be sure to include a negative sign (-) in front of those numbers.
a. What is the marginal revenue product of hiring one low-skilled worker to clear woodland for one month?
$ 1500
b. How much revenue per hour does each worker bring in?
$
9.38
c. If the minimum wage is $14.30, by how much will the revenue per hour in part b differ from the minimum wage?
4.93
d. Consider the employer's total costs, which include the equipment costs as well as a normal profit of $50 per acre. If the firm pays
workers the minimum wage of $14.30 per hour, what will the firm's economic profit or loss be per acre? (Note: Use a negative sign if
you are entering a loss.)
The firm's loss
per acre will be $
e. At what value would the minimum wage have to be set so that the firm makes zero economic profit from employing an additional
low-skilled worker to clear woodland?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fcf5031ef-27ce-4355-b7d0-d1da78342376%2F7ea4b95e-929d-4b27-9be4-3049f2c5d7e2%2F2oa9rn_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose that low-skilled workers employed in clearing woodland can each clear one acre per month if each is equipped with a shovel,
a machete, and a chainsaw. Clearing one acre brings in $1,500 in revenue. Each worker's equipment costs the worker's employer
$275 per month to rent and each worker toils 40 hours per week for 4 weeks each month.
Instructions: In part a, enter your answer as a whole number. In parts b-e, round your answers to 2 decimal places. If you are entering
any negative numbers be sure to include a negative sign (-) in front of those numbers.
a. What is the marginal revenue product of hiring one low-skilled worker to clear woodland for one month?
$ 1500
b. How much revenue per hour does each worker bring in?
$
9.38
c. If the minimum wage is $14.30, by how much will the revenue per hour in part b differ from the minimum wage?
4.93
d. Consider the employer's total costs, which include the equipment costs as well as a normal profit of $50 per acre. If the firm pays
workers the minimum wage of $14.30 per hour, what will the firm's economic profit or loss be per acre? (Note: Use a negative sign if
you are entering a loss.)
The firm's loss
per acre will be $
e. At what value would the minimum wage have to be set so that the firm makes zero economic profit from employing an additional
low-skilled worker to clear woodland?
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