Exam 23:Firm Supply-Part A

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A competitive,capitalistic firm produces gift-wrapped pieces of the Berlin wall,using the standard Marxian inputs,K and L.The production function is y = (K +L)1/2,where y is the number of pieces produced.Neglect the use of the wall itself.The price of capital,K,is r,and the price of labor,L,is w

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Mr.O.Carr has the cost function c(y)=y2 +64 if his output,y,is positive and c(0)=0.If the price of output is 12,Mr.Carr's profit-maximizing output is zero.

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A firm's production function is f(x1,x2)=(min{x1,5x2})1/2.If the price of factor 1 is w1 = $5 per unit and the price of factor 2 is w2 = $25 per unit,then its supply function is given by the equation S(p)=

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A competitive firm produces its output according to the production function y =min{x1/2,10}.Let w be the price of the factor x,and let the price of output be $1.The demand for factor x,when the factor price is w,is

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A profit-maximizing firm continues to operate even though it is losing money.It sells its product at a price of $100.

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A competitive firm has a long-run total cost function c(y)=2y2 +288 for y >\gt 0 and c(0)= 0.Its long-run supply function is described as

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