Question

Your enterprising uncle opens a sandwich shop that employs 7 people. The employees are paid $12 per hour, and a sandwich sells for $6. If your uncle is maximizing his profit, what is the value of the marginal product of the last worker he hired? What is that worker’s marginal product?

Answer 1

Value of Marginal Product= 2

Worker Marginal Product = 12

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculation for what is the value of the marginal product of the last worker he hired

Using this formula

Wages= MP*P

Let plug in the formula

12 = MP*6

Marginal Product = 12/6

Marginal Product= 2

Therefore the value of the marginal product of the last worker he hired will be 2

Now let calculate the worker marginal Product

Worker Marginal Product = 2*6

Worker Marginal Product = 12

Therefore the Worker Marginal Product will be 12