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So here we're given two curves, right? we're given the marginal product of labor, which i'm arguing is the wage which employers are willing to pay, right? which is seven minus 0 .5 n, right? the idea here is you are willing to pay, right? which is the basis of demand, w, if the marginal product of labor is equal to the wage, right? this is how much firms are willing to pay.
00:28
So we also have this labor supply curve, which is 10 plus one minus t outside of w.
00:38
And when the tax rate is 50%, this gives us these two equations.
00:43
Now i'm gonna argue that this is labor demanded.
00:48
So we wanna set these things equal, but, or we can substitute in.
00:53
I prefer setting them equal.
00:55
So i'm gonna do some rearranging, multiply by two, two w is equal to 14 minus n...