A firm has access to two production processes with the following marginal cost curves: MC1 = 0.25x and MC2 = 6+0.1y, where output in production process 1 is x, output in production process 2 is y and hence total output produced is Q = x+y. Show your work to answer the following questions. If it wants to produce 38 units of output, how much should it produce with each process?

A firm has access to two production processes with the following marginal cost curves: MC1 = 0.25x and MC2 = 6+0.1y, where output in production process 1 is x, output in production process 2 is y and hence total output produced is Q = x+y. Show your work to answer the following questions. If it wants to produce 38 units of output, how much should it produce with each process?

Economics:

10th Edition

ISBN:9781285859460

Author:BOYES, William

Publisher:BOYES, William

Chapter22: Supply: The Costs Of Doing Business

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 11E

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