1.) Production, Inputs, and Cost: Building Blocks for Supply Analysis
The firm can generally substitute one input for another. Whether or not it pays to substitute depends on the relative costs of labor and machinery. First, describe the alternative types of input proportions available to the firm. Then, describe the combination of inputs that represent the least costly way for the firm to produce its goods. Lastly, give one example of the firm’s substitutability from a recent news article
