Nimbus, Inc., makes brooms and then sells them door- to-door. Here is the relationship between the number of workers and Nimbus's output during a given day: Workers 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Output 0 20 50 90 120 140 150 155 1. Calculate marginal products for each labor level. What pattern do you see? How might you explain it? 2. A worker costs $100 a day, and the firm has fixed costs of $200. Use this information to calculate total costs for each output level. 3. Calculate average total cost. What pattern do you see? 4. Calculate marginal cost. What pattern do you see? 5. Compare marginal product marginal cost. Explain the relationship. 6. Compare average total cost with marginal cost. Explain the relationship.

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