If wages in the restaurant is $12.00 per hour and the price of a Hamburger is $4.00 and the production function for the workers is:

Q = 4L - 0.5L2

a. How many workers should Your Restaurant employ during the lunch hour to maximize profits?

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(notethe value of the marginal product of labor and the marginal revenue product are the same)

We maximize profits which are total revenues less total costs:

b. Compute the maximum profit at Your Restaurant. (noteconsider that profit involves Total Revenue and Total Costs).

c. Compute the profit created if You hire an additionalworker.

d. Suppose instead that You wants to keep the lines as short as possible by maximizing production. How many workers should You employ during the lunch hour?