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R E 6 T P A H C Production Prepared by: Fernando Yvonn Quijano Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall • Microeconomics • Pindyck/Rubinfeld, 7e. CHAPTER 6 OUTLINE 6.1 The Technology of Production 6.2 Production with One Variable Input (Labor) 6.3 Production with Two Variable Inputs 6.4 Returns to Scale n o i t c u d o r P : 6 r e t p a h C 2 of 24 Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall • Microeconomics • Pindyck/Rubinfeld, 7e. n o i t c u d o r P : 6 r e t p a h C 3 of 24 Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall • Microeconomics • Pindyck/Rubinfeld, 7e. Production The theory of the firm describes how a firm makes cost- minimizing production decisions and how the firm’s resulting cost varies with its output. The Production Decisions of a Firm The production decisions of firms are analogous to the purchasing decisions of consumers, and can likewise be understood in three steps: 1. Production Technology 2.