5. Ramona designs Web pages and needs the jolt that she gets from the caffeine in cola drinks to keep herself awake and alert. e total product curve for the relationship between her cola consumption per day and the number of pages that she can design in one day is given in the following figure.

a. Fill out Columns (2) and (3) of the table below, referring to the graph below.

b. Ramona’s employer pays her $50 per day regardless of whether she is productive and provides her with all the cola that she wants to drink. Cola costs her employer $2 per can. Add to your table information on the fixed, variable, and total costs of Ramona’s producing from 0 to 3 Web pages.

c. Using graph paper or a spreadsheet or presentation program, graph the total cost curve. (What is measured on the horizontal axis? e vertical axis?)

d. Using information on the marginal product from your table above, calculate the marginal cost per page of output at ea level of soda consumption.

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1 2 3 Quantity of variable input (cans of cola) (2) (3) Quantity of out- put (pages) Quantity of Output (pages) 1 m S 9 Fixed Variable Marginal prod- cost ($) cost ($) uct (pages) 1 2 Quantity of Cola (cans) Total Product Curve Total cost ($)