Suppose the firm for which these data apply hires 5 workers. If the firm is behaving as a profit maximizer we can say something about the cost per day per worker. The MRP of the 5th worker is $64 so the daily wage can't be greater than that amount. The MRP of a 6th worker would be $36 so the daily wage must be above that. The firm will hire 5 workers if the daily wage is over $36 and no more than $64.

Using the same reasoning we know that the firm will hire 3 workers if the daily wage is over $100 and no more than $132.

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000180
1151516240
2281314182
3391112132
4491010100
5578864
6636636
7674416
869224
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