Suppose a firm’s production function is given by the following equation: Q = min(5K, 10L)
a. If the firm is using 4 units of capital and 3 units of labor, how much output are they producing?
b. Is this firm operating efficiently? Why or why not?
c. Suppose this firm wanted to increase production to 40 units, how many workers (L) and machines (K) should they employ, given w = 10 and r = 15? Draw the Isoquant and Isocost curves associated with producing 40 units at the lowest cost.