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A firm currently employs 50 workers, each earning $15 per hour, to produce 1,000 widgets per day. To increase production to 1,001 widgets per day, the firm must hire one additional worker. To attract this new worker, the firm finds it must increase the hourly wage to $16 for all of its workers. What is the marginal cost of producing the 1,001st widget, considering only the change in hourly labor costs?
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A firm currently employs 50 workers, each earning $15 per hour, to produce 1,000 widgets per day. To increase production to 1,001 widgets per day, the firm must hire one additional worker. To attract this new worker, the firm finds it must increase the hourly wage to $16 for all of its workers. What is the marginal cost of producing the 1,001st widget, considering only the change in hourly labor costs?
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