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Analysis of a Production Decision Process
A factory manager must choose a production technology to manufacture 1,000 units of a product per week. The weekly cost of labor is $400 per worker, and the weekly rental cost of capital is $200 per machine. The manager is presented with the following four options:
| Technology | Workers Required | Machines Required |
|---|---|---|
| A | 10 | 5 |
| B | 8 | 8 |
| C | 10 | 6 |
| D | 7 | 9 |
The manager calculates the total weekly cost for all four options and selects the one with the lowest cost. Analyze the manager's decision-making process. Is this method fundamentally sound? Explain why or why not, identifying any specific relationships between the technologies that the manager may have overlooked.
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