Koffee Express operates a number of espresso coffee stands in busy suburban malls. The fixed weekly expense of a coffee stand is $1,100 and the variable cost per cup of coffee served is $0.26.       Required:     Fill in the following table with your estimates of total costs and average cost per cup of coffee at the indicated levels of activity for a coffee stand. Round off the cost of a cup of coffee to the nearest tenth of a cent. Cups of Coffee Served in a Week                 1,800       1,900     2,000 Fixed cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   ?                   ?       ?               Variable cost  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ?                  ?             ? Total cost  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ?               ?              ?  Average cost per cup of coffee served  . . .   ?           ?             ? Does the average cost per cup of coffee served increase, decrease, or remain the same as the number of cups of coffee served in a week increases? Explain.

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Koffee Express operates a number of espresso coffee stands in busy suburban malls. The fixed weekly expense of a coffee stand is $1,100 and the variable cost per cup of coffee served is $0.26.      

Required:    

  1. Fill in the following table with your estimates of total costs and average cost per cup of coffee at the indicated levels of activity for a coffee stand. Round off the cost of a cup of coffee to the nearest tenth of a cent.

Cups of Coffee Served in a Week                 1,800       1,900     2,000

Fixed cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   ?                   ?       ?              

Variable cost  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ?                  ?             ?

Total cost  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ?               ?              ?

 Average cost per cup of coffee served  . . .   ?           ?             ?

  1. Does the average cost per cup of coffee served increase, decrease, or remain the same as the number of cups of coffee served in a week increases? Explain.
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