Q. Suppose the local newspaper hires students to fold also bag newspapers for delivery also pays them $20 per shift. Five students can fold also bag 300 newspapers per shift. The fourth student added 50 newspapers to total output. The capital cost is fixed at $50 per shift.
a) Is the newspaper in service in the long-run or short-run? Why?
b) Illustrate what is the average product of 5 students?
c) Calculate the total fixed, total variable also total costs of folding also bagging 300 newspapers.
d) Calculate the average fixed, average variable also average total costs of folding also bagging 300 newspapers.
e) Illustrate what is the marginal cost of one of the 50 newspapers folded also bagged by the fourth student?