No. of Workers Marginal Product Marginal Rev. Prod. 0 0 1 20 2 17 3 15...
| No. of Workers | Marginal Product | Marginal Rev. Prod. |
| 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 20 | |
| 2 | 17 | |
| 3 | 15 | |
| 4 | 12 | |
| 5 | 8 | |
| 6 | 4 |
You are the manager of a firm that sells its product for $2,000 per unit. The marginal product schedule for workers (labor) is shown in the above table.
If the going wage is $32,000 a year, how many workers should you hire?
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