Tim's Performance Pizza is a small restaurant in Chicago that sells gluten-free pizzas. Tim's very tiny kitchen has barely enough room for the two ovens in which his workers bake the pizzas. Tim signed a lease obligating him to pay the rent for the two ovens for the next year. Because of this, and because Tim's kitchen cannot fit more than two ovens, Tim cannot change the number of ovens he uses in his production of pizzas in the short run
Tim's Performance Pizza is a small restaurant in Chicago that sells gluten-free pizzas. Tim's very tiny kitchen has barely enough room for the two ovens in which his workers bake the pizzas. Tim signed a lease obligating him to pay the rent for the two ovens for the next year. Because of this, and because Tim's kitchen cannot fit more than two ovens, Tim cannot change the number of ovens he uses in his production of pizzas in the short run
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Tim's Performance Pizza is a small restaurant in Chicago that sells gluten-free pizzas. Tim's very tiny kitchen has barely enough room for the two ovens in which his workers bake the pizzas. Tim signed a lease obligating him to pay the rent for the two ovens for the next year. Because of this, and because Tim's kitchen cannot fit more than two ovens, Tim cannot change the number of ovens he uses in his production of pizzas in the short run.
![Use the orange points (square symbol) to plot Tim's total cost curve on the following graph using the quantities from the preceding table.
300
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Total Cost
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150
120
90
60
30
30
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120
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180 210
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300
QUANTITY OF OUTPUT (Pizzas)
The law of diminishing marginal product of labor is demonstrated by which of the following?
Total output increases at a decreasing rate as you increase the quantity of labor.
O Total output increases only when you increase both labor and ovens.
O Total output declines as you increase the quantity of labor.
TOTAL COST (Dollars)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F0b0fc2dd-17d4-428e-b883-a814b554b561%2F0eefe787-c630-4587-9904-080a57f19477%2F0ex06m_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Use the orange points (square symbol) to plot Tim's total cost curve on the following graph using the quantities from the preceding table.
300
270
Total Cost
240
210
180
150
120
90
60
30
30
60
90
120
150
180 210
240
270
300
QUANTITY OF OUTPUT (Pizzas)
The law of diminishing marginal product of labor is demonstrated by which of the following?
Total output increases at a decreasing rate as you increase the quantity of labor.
O Total output increases only when you increase both labor and ovens.
O Total output declines as you increase the quantity of labor.
TOTAL COST (Dollars)
![Tim's Performance Pizza is a small restaurant in Chicago that sells gluten-free pizzas. Tim's very tiny kitchen has barely enough room for the two
ovens in which his workers bake the pizzas. Tim signed a lease obligating him to pay the rent for the two ovens for the next year. Because of this, and
because Tim's kitchen cannot fit more than two ovens, Tim cannot change the number of ovens he uses in his production of pizzas in the short run.
However, Tim's decision regarding how many workers to use can vary from week to week because his workers tend to be students. Each Monday, Tim
lets them know how many workers he needs for each day of the week. In the short run, these workers are variable v resources, and the ovens are
fixed
v resources.
Tim's daily production schedule is presented in the following table.
Fil in the blanks to complete the Marginal Product of Labor column for each worker.
Total Product
Marginal Product of Labor
Number of Workers
(Pizzas)
(Pizzas)
100
1
100
80
2
180
60
3
240
40
4
280
20
300
On the following graph, plot Tim's production function using the green points (triangle symbol).
Note: Plot your points in the order in which you would like them connected. Line segments will connect the points automatically.
Hint: Be sure to plot the first point at (0, 0).
300
270
Production Funcian
240
210
180
150
120
90
60
30
1
3
LABOR HIRED (Number of workers)
Suppose that labor is Tim's only variable cost and that he has a fixed cost of $50 per day and pays each of his workers $40 per day.
QUANTITY OF OUTPUT (Pizzas)
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Transcribed Image Text:Tim's Performance Pizza is a small restaurant in Chicago that sells gluten-free pizzas. Tim's very tiny kitchen has barely enough room for the two
ovens in which his workers bake the pizzas. Tim signed a lease obligating him to pay the rent for the two ovens for the next year. Because of this, and
because Tim's kitchen cannot fit more than two ovens, Tim cannot change the number of ovens he uses in his production of pizzas in the short run.
However, Tim's decision regarding how many workers to use can vary from week to week because his workers tend to be students. Each Monday, Tim
lets them know how many workers he needs for each day of the week. In the short run, these workers are variable v resources, and the ovens are
fixed
v resources.
Tim's daily production schedule is presented in the following table.
Fil in the blanks to complete the Marginal Product of Labor column for each worker.
Total Product
Marginal Product of Labor
Number of Workers
(Pizzas)
(Pizzas)
100
1
100
80
2
180
60
3
240
40
4
280
20
300
On the following graph, plot Tim's production function using the green points (triangle symbol).
Note: Plot your points in the order in which you would like them connected. Line segments will connect the points automatically.
Hint: Be sure to plot the first point at (0, 0).
300
270
Production Funcian
240
210
180
150
120
90
60
30
1
3
LABOR HIRED (Number of workers)
Suppose that labor is Tim's only variable cost and that he has a fixed cost of $50 per day and pays each of his workers $40 per day.
QUANTITY OF OUTPUT (Pizzas)
AAAAA
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