This week you will prepare a Cause and Effect Essay (assignment directions are in the Topic 4 Folder). Watch the local news or go online and read news as presented….
How much will hiring these inputs cost them?
Miguel and Jake run a paper company. Each week they need to produce 1,000 reams of paper to ship to their customers. The paper plant's long-run production function is Q = 4K^0 · 75 x L ^0.25 , where Q is the number of reams produced, K is the quantity of capital rented, and L is the quantity of labor hired. For this production function, the MP L = K^0 · 75 / L^0 · 75 and the MP K = 3L^0 · 25 / K^0 · 25 . The weekly cost function for the paper plant is C = 1 OK + 2L, where C is the total weekly cost. a. What ratio of capital to labor minimizes Miguel and Jake's total costs? b. How much capital and labor will Miguel and Jake need to rent and hire in order to produce 1,000 reams of paper each week? c. How much will hiring these inputs cost them?