Cobb- Douglas Production Function and Marginal Product of labour

Question

Assume the Production Function for Whitewater Hamburgers is Q = 4L^.50K^.33. where Q is the quantity of hamburgers, L is the number of workers employed and K is number of grills. Fractional output is acceptable.

a) What is the quantity of hamburgers produced when the company employs 64 workers & 36 machines?

b) Continue to assume the input mix given above—what is the marginal product of labor? Note that K is fixed when we calculate the marginal product of Labor

Summary

This question belongs to micro economics and discusses about cobb- Douglas production function and marginal product of labour.

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