A manufacturing process for producing 100 metres of cloth requires 1 worker and 6 tons of coal. A new, alternative process is discovered that can produce the same amount of cloth but requires 2 workers and 10 tons of coal. How does the energy intensity (coal used per worker) of the new process compare to the original process?

Production Technology Consistency

Scaling Production Inputs

Technology Selection under Resource Constraints

On a graph where the horizontal axis represents the number of workers and the vertical axis represents tons of coal, a specific production process for a fixed output is represented by the point (1, 6). Which of the following points represents a different process that is more labor-intensive (i.e., has a lower coal-to-worker ratio)?

Maintaining Production Ratios

A textile firm can produce a standard batch of cloth using two different methods. Method X is energy-intensive, requiring 1 worker and 6 tons of coal. Method Y is labor-intensive, requiring 4 workers and 2 tons of coal. Initially, the wage for one worker is $20, and the price of one ton of coal is $10. Due to new regulations, the price of coal rises to $30 per ton, while the wage remains unchanged. Based on a total cost comparison, which statement correctly evaluates the impact of this price change?

Evaluating a Technology Upgrade

A factory uses a production method that requires 1 worker and 6 tons of coal to produce a standard batch of output. On a graph with the number of workers on the horizontal axis and tons of coal on the vertical axis, any point lying on the straight line connecting the origin (0,0) to the point (2,12) represents a valid combination of inputs for producing some amount of output using this same method.

Evaluating a Production Plan