An immortal fumble by jimt@nospam.interchange.ubc.ca (17-Oct-2002)

Yes, I am
> Two production processes are known for producing corn. These
> processes require the following inputs to be available at the beginning
> of the year for each bushel corn produced and available at the end of
> the year:
> 
>      TABLE 1:  INPUTS REQUIRED PER TON CORN PRODUCED
> 
>                 Process A               Process B
> 
>               1  Person-Year          1 Person-Year
>              2  Tons Iron           1/2 Tons Iron
>              2/5 Bushels Corn        3/5 Bushels Corn
> 
> The data... allow for the specification of [a]
> production function ... for corn...
> I outline how to construct the production function
> for corn.
> 
> The production
> function for corn is found as the solution to the Linear Program
> in Display 1:
> 
>         Max X = X1 +       X2
> 
>               2*X1 + (1/2)*X2 <= Q1
>          (2/5)*X1 + (3/5)*X2 <= Q2            (1)
>                X1 +       X2 <= L
> 
>                 X1 >= 0, X2 >= 0
> 
> Do you deny that the production function (for corn) is the
> solution to the above LP?


Yes, I am.

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