When a firm produces 50,000 units of output, its total cost equals $6.5 million. When it increases its production to 70,000 units of output, its total cost increases to $9.4 million. Within this range, the marginal cost of an additional unit of output is

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Q: Consider the total cost function, TC = 25 + 6Q - 5Q^2 + 6Q^3 Find the marginal cost (MC) at Q= 6.

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Q: The cost function for the manufacture of x number of goods by a company is C(x) = x3-9x2+24x. Find…

A: Given the cost function, the marginal cost (MC) equation is; C(x) = x3-9x2+24xMC=∂C(x)∂x=3x2-18x+24

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Q: An economist estimated that the cost function of a single-product firm is C(Q) = 100 + 20Q + 15Q^2+…

A: The cost function of a single-product firm is: C(Q)=100+20Q+15Q2+10Q3

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A: Total cost is a sum of fixed cost and variable cost.

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A: ATC = AVC + AFC So, AFC = ATC - AVC (= distance between ATC and AVC curves) Also, AFC = TFC / Q As Q…

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A: Fixed Cost remains same at all levels of Output. Average Fixed Cost = Total Fixed Cost / Quantity

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A: Marginal cost refers to additional cost that incurs from producing one more unit of output.