Question

Recently, some college alumni started a moving service for students living on campus. They have 3 employees and are debating hiring one more. The hourly wage for an employee is $30 per hour. An average moving job takes 4 hours. The company currently does 3 moving jobs per week, but with one more employee, the company could manage 5 jobs per week. The company charges $100 for a moving job.
Instructions:
Round your answers to the nearest whole number.
a. The new employee's marginal product of labor is ______.
b. The value of that merginal product is ______.
c. The moving service should moving jobs ______- hire another worker.

Answer 1

Answer: a. 2

b. $200

c. Should not

Explanation:

a. The new employee's marginal product of labor is ______.

This will be:

= 5 - 3

= 2 moving jobs

b. The value of that marginal product is ______..

Since the company charges $100 for a moving job, the value of the marginal product will be:

= 2 × $100

= $200

c. The moving service should moving jobs ______- hire another worker

Marginal cost of moving 2 jobs will be:

= $30 × 4 × 2

= $240

Since the marginal cost is more than the marginal product, the company should not hire another worker.