Exam 7: Production Costs

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Exhibit 7-12 Cost schedule for producing pizza Pizzas Fixed Cost Variable Cost Total Cost 0 \ \ \ 1 48 2 17 3 27 4 78 5 40 6 64 7 80 -By filling in the blanks in Exhibit 7-12, the AFC of 3 pizzas is shown to be equal to:

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Which of the following best describes total fixed cost?​

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Use the table below to answer the following question. Units of Output Total Fixed Cost (dollars) Total Variable Cost (dollars) 1 1,000 1,200 2 1,000 2,400 3 1,000 3,600 4 1,000 5,000 5 1,000 6,600 What is the average total cost at an output level of four units?

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The law of diminishing returns causes a firm's short-run marginal cost curve to be s-shaped.

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Which of the following would be considered an implicit cost?

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Exhibit 7-6 Total cost curves Exhibit 7-6 Total cost curves   -In Exhibit 7-6, the total fixed cost is: -In Exhibit 7-6, the total fixed cost is:

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Exhibit 7-13 Cost curves Exhibit 7-13 Cost curves   -In Exhibit 7-13, TFC is shown by the graph labeled: -In Exhibit 7-13, TFC is shown by the graph labeled:

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The increase in total output that results from a unit increase in one unit of a variable input is equal to the input's:

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During the short-run period of the production process, a firm will be:

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Suppose when a car wash has 2 washing stations and 5 workers and is able to wash 100 cars per day. When it adds a third station, but no more workers, it is able to wash 150 cars per day. The marginal product of the third washing station is:

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Exhibit 7-17 Long-run average cost curve Exhibit 7-17 Long-run average cost curve   -Given the short-run average total cost curves in Exhibit 7-17, what level of output per week minimizes average total cost? -Given the short-run average total cost curves in Exhibit 7-17, what level of output per week minimizes average total cost?

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The primary source of scale diseconomies appears to be:

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Exhibit 7-16 Long-run average cost curves Exhibit 7-16 Long-run average cost curves   -Which firm in Exhibit 7-16 displays a long-run average cost curve with diseconomies beginning at 2,000 units of output per week? -Which firm in Exhibit 7-16 displays a long-run average cost curve with diseconomies beginning at 2,000 units of output per week?

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If two workers can produce 22 units of output, and the addition of a third worker increases output to 30 units, the marginal product of the third worker is:

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Distinguish economies and diseconomies of scale. How can the extent to which economies and diseconomies of scale explain the size and number of real world firms in an industry?

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Exhibit 7-15 Long-run average cost Exhibit 7-15 Long-run average cost   -In Exhibit 7-15, short-run average total cost, short-run marginal cost, and long-run average cost are all equal at which level of output per week? -In Exhibit 7-15, short-run average total cost, short-run marginal cost, and long-run average cost are all equal at which level of output per week?

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A farm can produce 10,000 bushels of wheat per year with 5 workers and 13,000 bushels with 6 workers. The marginal product of the sixth worker for this farm is:

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Distinguish the short run from the long run. Generally, what causes costs of production to vary with output in the short run? What generally causes costs of production to vary in the long run?

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Exhibit 7-2 Cost schedule for pizza production Pizzas Labor Cost Energy Cost Materials Cost 0 \ 10 \ 0 \ 0 1 10 12 4 2 24 22 8 3 40 30 12 4 60 36 16 5 90 40 20 -Exhibit 7-2 shows the labor, energy, and materials cost of making various quantities of pizzas. The table shows that the materials cost of making pizzas will:

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Constant returns to scale cause the long-run average cost curve to be:

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