What is difference between fixed and variable cost in short run? How does this result in the classic u shaped average marginal cost curves we associate with firm production decisions?

Q: What are the average total cost, average variable cost, average fixed cost, and marginal cost of…

A: Q=4 TC=140 TFC=50 ∆TC=140-110         =30 ∆Q =4-3       =1

Q: Which of the following statements is TRUE? O The average variable cost curve must always be…

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Q: Which of the following is true of fixed costs?   a. Fixed costs can be changed, but it is…

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Q: Which of the following statements is (are) correct? (x) If marginal cost is less than average total…

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Q: What does the Long Run Average Cost (LRAC) curve imply when it is horizontal? There are diseconomies…

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Q: The 50th worker produces fewer additional units of output than the 49th worker does.’ Based on the…

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Q: Please define the long cost curve and the short run cost curve in your own words but not more than…

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Q: What is the relationship between the Average Fixed Cost (AFC) curve and the Marginal Cost (MC)…

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Q: Why do Economies of Scale Occur? A. Large firms cover their fixed costs by producing lots of units…

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Q: Define the economies and diseconomies of scale and depict graphically how they relate to the long…

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Q: Carolyn knows average total cost and average variable cost for a given level of output.  Which of…

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Q: Define economies of scale and explain why they might arise. Define diseconomies of scale and explain…

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Q: In the short run marginal cost crosses average total cost at the minimum of average total cost True…

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Q: what is meant by the term Cost of production? Distinguish between fixed and variable cost. Why short…

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Q: Explain the difference between fixed and variable costs, and giveexamples of each.

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Q: The following table gives total output or total product as a func- tion of labor units used. LABOR…

A: Given Labor Total Output Marginal Output 0 0 0 1 5 5 2 9 4 3 12 3 4 14 2 5 15 1

Q: Assume that the marginal cost of production is increasing. Can you determine whether the average…

A: AVC is the cost which is measured by dividing average cost by the quantity of output produced.  MC…

Q: A common name for fixed cost is “overhead.” If you divide fixed cost by the quantity of output…

A: The average fixed costs AFC curve is downward sloping because fixed costs are distributed over a…

Q: Which expression is another way of saying "marginal cost"?                Scarce resources…

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Q: [How does the impact of fixed costs change production decisions in the short run and in the long…

A: An increase (decrease) in fixed cost does not change MC or AVC, but increases (decreases) AFC, which…

Q: In a short-run production process, a diminishing marginal product of labor explains why marginal…

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Q: Which statement is nottrue regarding the total variable cost curve? Select one A. It shows the…

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Q: The upward sloping portion of a long-run average cost curve illustrates diseconomies of scale.…

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Q: Give business examples of short-run costs, economies of scale, and minimum efficient scale (MES).

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Q: a) What is the Long-run cost function if the production function is q = L+ K ? b) Many marginal cost…

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Q: “Sunk cost is a fixed cost, but not in the long term.” Is this statement true or false? Explain!

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Q: If the marginal cost of production is greater than the average cost, in what direction must the…

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Q: The concept of marginal cost is best described by which of the following? Mr. Creosote meets a wafer…

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Q: Define fixed and variable costs of production. Why do you think bigger firms may have a lower…

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Q: A garment factory has total fixed costs of $300,000 per year. The firm’s average variable cost is…

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Q: Explicit cost = $100 Implicit cost = $163 Total cost = ?

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Q: rue or false 1-The marginal cost curve intersects the minimum point of both the average total cost…

A: Marginal cost refers to the additional cost that incurred due to increasing one more unit of output.

Q: Explain the three categories of rreturns to scale relating to the long-run average cost curve

A: Returns to scale shows how the proportion by which output change in response to the change in all…

Q: Why the average variable cost (AVC) and average total cost (ATC) curves are U-shaped (decreasing,…

A: Average variable cost (AVC) The average variable costs (AVC) are calculated by dividing total fixed…

Q: With appropriate examples explain how marginal cost is related only to total variable cost.

A: Cost Cost refers to the actual expenditure on inputs (i.e. explicit cost) and the imputed value of…

Q: The shape of the long-run average cost curve is primarily due to: O economies and diseconomies of…

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Q: Show that the r/ship between production function and cost function.

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