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smiling cow dairy can sell all the milk it wants for $4 agallon, and it can rent

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Question

smiling cow dairy can sell all the milk it wants for $4 agallon, and it can rent all the robots it wants to milk the cows ata capital rental price of $100 a day . it faces the followingproduction scedule : Number ofRobots              Total Product 0                                                0 gallons 1                                                     50 2                                                    85 3                                                     115 4                                                    140 5                                                     150 6                                                     155
how many robots should the firm rent ? explain . smiling cow dairy can sell all the milk it wants for $4 agallon, and it can rent all the robots it wants to milk the cows ata capital rental price of $100 a day . it faces the followingproduction scedule : Number ofRobots              Total Product 0                                                0 gallons 1                                                     50 2                                                    85 3                                                     115 4                                                    140 5                                                     150 6                                                     155

Explanation / Answer

The firm wants to maximize profit = revenue -cost. No. of robots   Total revenue   Total cost 0              0              0 1              200            100 2              340            200 3              460            300 4              560            400 5              600            500 6              620            600 We see here that profit is maximized at either 3 or 4 robots, wherethe company makes 160 in profit.