Designing a Fixed-Proportions Production System
Imagine you are designing a small-scale manufacturing process for a new product. Describe a production system where the technology requires a fixed ratio of labor to capital (e.g., one worker per machine). Explain why, in your specific example, the average output per worker would remain constant even if you were to double both the number of workers and the number of machines.
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