ECON 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Average Variable Cost, Fixed Cost, Variable Cost
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Short-Run Cost Puzzle
Total Product | Total Fixed Cost | Total Variable Cost | Total Cost | Average Fixed Cost | Average Variable Cost | Average Total Cost | Marginal Cost |
0 | ? | 0 | ? | ||||
40 | |||||||
1 | |||||||
2 | 115 | 20 | |||||
30 | |||||||
3 | 35 | 48.33 | |||||
25 | |||||||
4 | 32.50 | ||||||
5 | 8 | 33 | |||||
6 | 255 | 42.50 |
Use the definitions for TFC, TVC, TC, AFC, AVC, ATC and SMC along with the data provided above to fill in the missing values. Use space below for worksheet.
? means infinitely large. Applicable relationships are:
SAC = AFC + AVC
? ? ?
STC TFC TVC
??? = ??? + ???
Q Q Q
DTVC DTC
SMC = ???? = ???
DQ DQ
a. Construct the cost schedule using the data below for a firm operating in the short run.
b. Graph the average variable cost, average total cost, and marginal cost curves.
Total Output (Q) | Total Fixed Cost (TFC) | Total Variable cost (TVC) | Total Cost (TC) | Marginal Cost (MC) | Average Fixed cost (AFC) | Average Variable Cost (AVC) | Average Total Cost (ATC) |
0 | $50 | ||||||
1 | $70 | ||||||
2 | $85 | ||||||
3 | $95 | ||||||
4 | $100 | ||||||
5 | $110 | ||||||
6 | $130 | ||||||
7 | $165 | ||||||
8 | $215 | ||||||
9 | $275 |
Construct the cost schedule using the data below for a firm operating in the short run. Graph the average variable cost, the average total cost, and marginal cost curves.
Total Output (Q) | Total fixed cost (TFC) (in $) | Total variable cost (TVC) (in $) | Total cost (TC) (in $) | Marginal cost (MC) (in $) | Average fixed cost (AFC) (in $) | Average variable cost (AVC) (in $) | Average total cost (ATC) (in $) |
0 | 50 | 50 | |||||
1 | 70 | ||||||
2 | 85 | ||||||
3 | 95 | ||||||
4 | 100 | ||||||
5 | 110 | ||||||
6 | 130 | ||||||
7 | 165 | ||||||
8 | 215 | ||||||
9 | 275 |