Given Q=100K^0.5L^0.5 ,w= 30, r=40 i) Find the quantity of labour and capital that the firm should use in order to minimize the cost of producing 1444 units of output ii) What is this minimum cost?
Given Q=100K^0.5L^0.5 ,w= 30, r=40 i) Find the quantity of labour and capital that the firm should use in order to minimize the cost of producing 1444 units of output ii) What is this minimum cost?
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Given Q=100K^0.5L^0.5 ,w= 30, r=40
i) Find the quantity of labour and capital that the firm should use in order to minimize the cost of
producing 1444 units of output
ii) What is this minimum cost?
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