How is the short-run average cost curve and the long-run average cost curve-shaped? What is the difference between them?

Q: How and why does a firm’s average-total cost curve differ in the short run compared with the long…

A: In the long run, a firm adjusts the different factors of production that are fixed in comparison in…

Q: B. Refer to the figure below. LRAC a. In the short run, capital is a fixed cost. Draw for a few…

A: Short Run Average Cost (SRAC) is equal to average fixed cost and average variable cost. It is…

Q: When economist Jacob Viner first developed the envelope relationship, he told his draftsman to make…

A: The Long Run Average Cost (LAC) is calculated by dividing long run total costs by the amount of…

Q: Answer the following with the required graph. a) Describe the shape of the average fixed cost. b)…

A: The money spent to purchase the fixed and variable factor of production to produce the goods and…

Q: How and why does a firm’s average-total-cost curvein the short run differ from its…

A: Total cost (TC) equals the total fixed and variable costs. An average total cost function is the…

Q: What is a average total cost? : What is a Marginal cost?

A: The average total cost is the total cost per unit of output. It is calculated by dividing the total…

Q: The long run average cost curve is U shaped because up to a certain point you have excess K/L and…

A: Total cost refers to the total amount of expenditure incurred by the firm ti produce the given…

Q: What explains why the long run average cost curve is u-shaped

A: First of all average cost fall in the beginning because the factor of production or the capital used…

Q: What is the difference between production in the short run and production in the long run? Explain…

A: The short-run is a notion that states that at least one input is fixed while the others are variable…

Q: What is the shape of the average variable and average total cost curves and average  fixed cost?…

A: One of three average curves is the average variable cost curve. The average variable cost curve is…

Q: hat is the relationship between marginal product and marginal cost? (Hint: Look at the curves.) Why…

A: Marginal product refers to an addition to the total production by producing an extra unit of output.…

Q: Define and explain the difference between short run and long run and identify the relationship…

A: Short-run average cost curves: In the short run, the shape of the average cost curve is 'U' shaped.…

Q: Help me answer this review question. Fill in the Blanks.  If the marginal cost equals average cost,…

A: In a market, cost curves provide significant information about the productivity and efficiency of…

Q: What are a total variable cost and average variable cost?

A: Total Variable costs are those costs that change when the input changes. For example-wages, when…

Q: How would an improvement in technology, like the high-efficiency gas turbines or Pirelli tire plant,…

A: Here, an improvement in the technology used, would decrease the cost and will shift the cost curve…

Q: Define total cost, average total cost, and marginal cost.  How are they related?

A: Total Cost (TC) is the cost of production of a good and it includes both the variable cost i.e. the…

Q: What will happen to the average total cost if the average variable cost is falling? a. Rises B.…

A: The average Total cost if the the average variable cost is falling is also falling.

Q: Marginal cost curve always cuts the lowest point of the average total cost curve. Do you agree?…

A: Marginal Cost:Marginal cost refers to the additional cost of producing the additional unit of…

Q: fall in the long-run cost curve

A: A cost curve which represents the minimum cost at which output can be produced in the long run is…

Q: Consider the following two total cost functions, C(y) = y² + y + 10, MC=2y+1 C(y) = y³ – 10y² +…

A: Answer: First total cost function: Second total cost function:

Q: In the short run, which of the following costs will not change as output changes? marginal cost.…

A: The short run is a period of time in which at least one factor of production (input) is fixed, while…

Q: What is the Difference between Fixed Costs, Variable Costs, and Marginal Costs? How does one…

A: Average cost is total cost divided by total production while marginal cost is the change in total…

Q: What is the difference between production in the short run and production in the long run? Explain…

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Q: Which average cost curves are U-shaped?

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Q: What are diseconomies of​ scale? Diseconomies of scale is   A. when the marginal product of labor is…

A: Answer: Correct option: option D Explanation: Diseconomies of scale: when an increase in a firm’s…

Q: What is the relationship between marginal product and marginal cost? Why do you suppose that is? Is…

A: Marginal Product: The term marginal product refers to the increase in total product due to the use…

Q: Explain why the average variable cost curve and the average total cost curve get closer to each…

A: In the short run the inputs are both fixed and variable, so all the costs incurred are also fixed…

Q: If the marginal product equals the average product, we are at the ____. point of the ____ curve.

A: The output produced by the firm with the given resources in a particular time period is known as the…

Q: Is fixed cost always smaller than total cost ?

A: The question talks about the two terms i.e., fixed cost and total cost.

Q: how do you find total fixed cost?

A: Sellers must incur costs while producing goods and services by making a variety of factor payments…

Q: the envelope curve be tangential to the bottom of each of the short-run average cost curves? Explain…

A: In Economics, qualification is frequently made between the short-run and long-run. In the short-run…

Q: Construct the average fixed cost, average variable cost, and average total cost schedules and the…

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Q: Which is the correct formula for the total cost of production?Note: TC is total Cost, AFC is average…

A: TC is the total cost of producing output TFC is the total fixed cost of producing output. It remains…

Q: If the marginal cost is increasing, do you know whether average variable cost is increasing or…

A: Marginal cost is U shaped and average variable cost is also U shaped.

Q: What is the difference between production in the short run and production in the long run? Explain…

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Q: How and why does a firm’s average-total-cost curve differ in the short run and in the long run

A: Short-run period is that period of time in which a firm can change its level of output by only…

Q: Average cost curves (except for average fixed cost) tend to be U-shaped, decreasing and then…

A: Average cost is the per unit cost of production. it is the ratio of total cost and output.  Marginal…

Short-Run Costs and Long-Run Costs

Cost of short-run and the long-run is an economic term that describes the cost involved in the production of goods in a firm in the short as well as long period.