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What is the formula to find the average variable cost?
Average Variable Cost = Total Variable Cost/ Quantity Average Cost = Average Fixed Cost + Average Variable Cost Average Cost = Total Cost/Quantity
Why is average cost and average variable cost are both you shaped?
the average variable cost curve and average cost curve are u- shaped because of the law of variable proportions.
DO Average cost always falls as output increases because fixed costs will be spread more thinly?
Not necessarily. Total Cost = Fixed Cost + Variable Cost; Variable Cost=f(Quantity) and if f`(Quantity)>0 it implies that as quantity produced rises variable cost would rise. Average Total Cost=Average Fixed Cost + Average Variable Cost. If initially the Total Cost function is more of an odd function (mostly it is) then the Average Cost will look more like a parabola i.e. it will tend to fall becuase the Fixed Cost gets thin but later that is overtaken by the increase in Variable Cost. But there are cases when Average Total Cost does fall continuously as quantity increases and these involve huge Fixed Costs like say Electric Supply Infrastructure. This is called natural monopoly.
What is happening to average variable costs when they equal marginal costs?
When average variable costs equal to the average marginal cost, the average variable cost will be at the minimum point. i.e. lowest cost
When the marginal cost is less than the average variable cost the average variable cost will?
decrease. Think about it this way, if you have a room full of people and you get their average height(average variable cost), and now each person that walks into the room(marginal cost) is shorter than the average, the average will drop.
What is the formula to find the average variable cost?
Average Variable Cost = Total Variable Cost/ Quantity Average Cost = Average Fixed Cost + Average Variable Cost Average Cost = Total Cost/Quantity
Why is average cost and average variable cost are both you shaped?
the average variable cost curve and average cost curve are u- shaped because of the law of variable proportions.
DO Average cost always falls as output increases because fixed costs will be spread more thinly?
Not necessarily. Total Cost = Fixed Cost + Variable Cost; Variable Cost=f(Quantity) and if f`(Quantity)>0 it implies that as quantity produced rises variable cost would rise. Average Total Cost=Average Fixed Cost + Average Variable Cost. If initially the Total Cost function is more of an odd function (mostly it is) then the Average Cost will look more like a parabola i.e. it will tend to fall becuase the Fixed Cost gets thin but later that is overtaken by the increase in Variable Cost. But there are cases when Average Total Cost does fall continuously as quantity increases and these involve huge Fixed Costs like say Electric Supply Infrastructure. This is called natural monopoly.
What is happening to average variable costs when they equal marginal costs?
When average variable costs equal to the average marginal cost, the average variable cost will be at the minimum point. i.e. lowest cost
What is cost What is the difference between total cost and average cost?
Average total cost is the average of all your costs. This is your Fixed Costs and your Variable costs. Average Variable Cost is the average of your costs that can fluctuate.
When the marginal cost is less than the average variable cost the average variable cost will?
decrease. Think about it this way, if you have a room full of people and you get their average height(average variable cost), and now each person that walks into the room(marginal cost) is shorter than the average, the average will drop.
What is the difference between average total costs and average variable costs?
Average total cost is the average of all your costs. This is your Fixed Costs and your Variable costs. Average Variable Cost is the average of your costs that can fluctuate.
How do you write the equation for the accounting cost function?
Cost = Fixed + (variable x units)
What is the relationship between Average variable cost Average fixed cost and marginal cost?
we can subtract the AVC and we will get the MC
Why does the marginal cost curve cut through the average variable cost curve exactly at the minimum of the average variable cost curve?
Marginal cost curve cuts average cost (variable or total cost) at its minimum simply to portray the law of variable proportions. The idea is as labor is increased with capital being fixed, productivity increases upto a point and then decreases and later becomes negative. To relate the same productivity with average cost function, the average cost first decreases , reaches a minimum and then increases. Now marginal cost is just a change in the total cost. Logic says that when MC is less than AC productivity is favourable, thus cost is falling. When MC is more than AC productivity is not favourable and thus the rising portion of the cost curve. When MC = AC , the productivity that was reducing the average cost per unit has maximized and from then on starts rising cost(or decreasing productivity). That is the only point where they can intersect.
Equation for marginal cost and average cost?
Marginal cost - the derivative of the cost function with respect to quantity. Average cost - the cost function divided by quantity (q).
What is the average operating cost for gulfstream 2?
Total Variable Cost $4,196
