Technology E: Input Coordinates (10, 1) and Coal-to-Labor Ratio
Technology E is a labor-intensive method for producing 100 meters of cloth, requiring 10 workers and 1 ton of coal, and is represented by the point (10, 1). A ray from the origin through this point illustrates the technology's fixed input ratio of 1 ton of coal for every 10 workers. This technology also demonstrates constant returns to scale; for instance, to produce 200 meters of cloth, the inputs would simply double to 20 workers and 2 tons of coal.
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