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Table 17-6

Number of Hairdressers	Haircuts per Day	Marginal Product	Marginal Revenue Product
1	8	​	​
2	16	​	​
3	23	​	​
4	29	​	​
5	34	​	​
6	38	​	​

Refer to Table 17-6. The Hair Cuttery, a new hair salon, is ready to start hiring. The table above shows the relationship between the number of hairdressers the firm hires and the quantity of haircuts it produces.

a.	Suppose the price of haircuts is $8. Complete the table by filling in the values for marginal

product and marginal revenue product.

b.	The Hair Cuttery is an input price-taker. Suppose the wage paid to hairdressers is $40 per

day. What is the profit-maximizing number of hairdressers?

c.	Suppose the wage rate rises to $60 per day.

(i) What happens to the firm's demand curve for hairdressers?

(ii) What happens to the profit-maximizing quantity of hairdressers?

d.	Suppose the wage rate is $40 per day and the price of haircuts is now $10.

(i) What happens to the firm's demand curve for hairdressers?

(ii) What happens to the profit-maximizing quantity of hairdressers?

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