A firm's labor demand and labor supply equations are shown below Labor demand equation: L_{d} = 70 - 6w Labor supply equation: L_{5} = - 20 + 12w where wis the wage per hour worked L_{d} is the number of workers demanded by firms and the number of people mathcal L S^ 1
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