Question

A firm pays Pam $40 per hour to assemble personal computers. Each day, Pam can assemble 4 computers if she works 1 hour, 7 computers if she works 2 hours, 9 computers if she works 3 hours, and 10 computers if she works 4 hours. Pam cannot work more than 4 hours day. Each computer consists of a motherboard, a hard drive, a case, a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse. The total cost of these parts is $600 per computer. What is the marginal cost of producing the computers that Pam can assemble during her 2nd hour of work

Answer 1

Answer:

$1,840

Explanation:

In order to calculate the Marginal cost of producing the computers in 2nd hour of work, we need to add the marginal cost of computer and marginal cost of wage in the 2nd hour of work.

MC = MC(computers) + MC(wage)

MC = $1,800(w) + $40

MC = $1,840

Working

MC (computers ) = 3 x 600$ = $1,800

                hour        computers assembled

                    1st                        4

                    2nd                      7

If pam works 2 hours she can assemble 7 computers but she already assembled 4 computers in 1st hour.

So the 2nd-hour computers will be 3 ( 7 - 4) computers.