During the course of a week, McDonald's has enough time to hire or layoff workers, but it does not have enough time to expand its kitchen or add an additional seating area. In this situation, McDonald's:

Answer: Mcdonald is operating in a short run

Explanation:

The short run is a concept where some factors of production are fixed and others are variable. it expresses the idea that a business will behave differently given the length of time it has to react to certain circumstances.

In most cases of short run, Quantity of labor is variable but the quantity of capital and production processes are fixed making the only available business decision is whether to employ or lay off workers number off. because it is easier to hire and lay off workers than to cause a positive change in areas of production process or to change location. (:

McDonald's having enough time to hire or layoff workers, but not having enough time to expand its kitchen or add an additional seating area shows that Mcdonald is operating in a short run business where labor is variable but capital and other production processes are fixed.