Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Factors of production

Factors of production — practice question

Within a perfectly competitive industry, a firm uses two factors of production, X and Y. The table gives the factor price and the present marginal physical product for these two factors. factor X factor Y factor price $2.50 $6.00 marginal physical product 2 8 If the firm sells its output at $1 and wants to maximise profits, what action should it take?

  • Aemploy less of both X and Y
  • Bemploy less of X and more of Y
  • Cemploy more of both X and Y
  • Demploy more of X and less of Y

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