(1 points) This exercise will explore the use of the cost function and Shephard's lemma: Recover the production function from the cost function. Suppose that the total-cost function for a firm is given by \begin{equation*} C(w, v, q) = q(v + 2\sqrt{vw} + w) \end{equation*} (a) Use Shephard's lemma to compute the contingent demand for each input k and l.
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