Suppose that a firm has only one variable input, labor, and firm output is zero when labor is zero. When the firm hires 6 workers the firm produces 90 units of output. Fixed costs of production are $6 and the variable cost per unit of labor is $10 . The marginal product of the seventh unit of labor is 4 . Given this information, what is the average total cost of production when the firm hires 7
workers?
a. $10.06
b. $9.64
c. 81 cents
d. 70 cents
c
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