Please answer all three questions below (part a,b & c), thank you. Consider a firm with 1 input and 1 output and a production function given by f(x) = x1α with α < 1. The cost of the input is c and the price of the output is p. Please Find (a) the factor demand, x*(p, c) (b)the supply function, q*(p, c) (c) the profit function, π*(p, c)

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Please answer all three questions below (part a,b & c), thank you.

Consider a firm with 1 input and 1 output and a production function given by f(x) = x1α with α < 1. The cost of the input is c and the price of the output is p.

Please Find

(a) the factor demand, x*(p, c)

(b)the supply function, q*(p, c)

(c) the profit function, π*(p, c).

 

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