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One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output. Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average output. If this statement were true, would it be consistent with the law of diminishing returns?
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business-economics
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Consider the production function Q = 10L -.5L2 + 24K – K2 for L and K in the range 0 to 10 units. Does this production function exhibit diminishing returns to each input? Does it exhibit decreasing returns to scale? Explain.
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Does optimal use of an input (such as labor) mean maximizing average output (per unit of input)? Explain.
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business-economics
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One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output. Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average output. If this statement were true, would it be consistent with the law of diminishing returns?
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business-economics
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Does optimal use of an input (such as labor) mean maximizing average output (per unit of input)? Explain.
Subject
business-economics
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A lumber company purchased a tract of land for $70,000 that contained an estimated 25,000 usable trees. The value of the land was estimated at $20,000. In the first year of operation, the lumber company cut down 5000 trees. According to the
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An asset that was depreciated over a 5-year period by the MACRS method had a BV of $33,025 at the end of year 3. If the MACRS depreciation rates for years 1, 2, and 3, were 0.20, 0.32, and 0.192, respectively, the
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A coal mine purchased for $5 million has enough coal to operate for 10 years. The annual cost is expected to be $200,000 per year. The coal is expected to sell for $150 per ton, with annual production expected to be 10,000
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For an asset that has B = $100,000, S = $40,000, and a 10-year depreciable life, the book value at the end of year 4 according to the MACRS method would be closest to ( d t values for years 1, 2,
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A machine with a 10-year life is MACRS depreciated. The machine has a first cost of $40,000 with a $5000 . Its annual operating cost is $7000 per year, and d t for years 1, 2, and 3 is 10.00%, 18.00%,
