| 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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| N | Q | MP | MR | MRP |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 240 |
| 2 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 182 |
| 3 | 39 | 11 | 12 | 132 |
| 4 | 49 | 10 | 10 | 100 |
| 5 | 57 | 8 | 8 | 64 |
| 6 | 63 | 6 | 6 | 36 |
| 7 | 67 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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