The fish market is competitive and the price of fish is 50


Question: Wanda's is a fish store that hires students to pack the fish. Students can pack the following amounts of fish:

Number of           Quantity of fish packed
 students              (kilograms per hour)

1                                    20

2                                    50

3                                    90

4                                  120

5                                  145

6                                  165

7                                  180

8                                  190

The fish market is competitive and the price of fish is 50¢ a kilogram. The market for packers is competitive and their market wage rate is $7.50 an hour.

The market price of fish falls to 33.33¢ a kilogram, but the packers' wage rate remains at $7.50 an hour.

How does the students' marginal product change? How does the value of marginal product of labour change?

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