7. Philo T. Farmsworth is a corn farmer with a 40-acre tract of land. Each acre can...

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7. Philo T. Farmsworth is a corn farmer with a 40-acre tract of land. Each acre can produce 100 bushels of corn. The cost of planting the tract in corn is $20,000, and the cost of harvesting the corn is $10,000. In May, when corn is selling for $10 per bushel, Philo plants his crop. In September the price of corn has fallen to $2 per bushel. What should Philo do? Explain, assuming that there are no costs involved with bringing the corn to market to sell.

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Microeconomics

ISBN: 9780716759751

1st Edition

Authors: Austan Goolsbee, Steven Levitt, Chad Syverson

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