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You are the manager of a firm and you are required to optimize the Cobb Douglas function given the following parameters. The maximum amount of money available is
$1600 where the price of K = 12 and the price of L=6. That is PK=12 and PL=6. The function is given as q=K0.4+L0.6. What is the constraint equation?
a. none of the above
b. 12K - 6L = 1600
c. 12K/6L = 1600
d. 12K+6L=1600
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