1. Referring to the table below, hiring a driver costs $10. Each machine costs $100. Which method should he use and why?
An independent trucker has the following options. If the buys expensive machinery then he can hire fewer drivers to deliver the same output. Over the course expensive this month he has to deliver to 50 spots. To do this job he has 4 possible combinations of output that he can use:
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Method 1:
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20 drivers
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10 machines
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Method 2:
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50 drivers
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2 machines
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Method 3:
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100 drivers
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0 machines
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Method 4:
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10 drivers
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12 machines
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