Chapter 2, Problem 11AA

Solution

To ascertain: The basic economic question that comes up "if an industry replaces some workers with machines".

The economic question which is addressed is "How it should produce?"

This is because there is always a trade-off among the available factor of production. The industry decides whether they should use the laborers or the machines for producing the goods and services efficiently. This decision also affect the costs incurred for producing the goods. So, the industry use the best combination of inputs with lowest possible costs.