Problems:
1. Below is
hypothetical data for a manufacturer which possesses a fixed plant
producing a commodity that requires only one variable
input. Total
Product is
given. Total Fixed Cost is $220 per period. Units of the
variable input
cost $100 per unit of variable input.. Complete the following table.
Units
of
Var.
Input |
T.P. |
A.P. |
M.P. |
T.F.C. |
T.V.C. |
T.C. |
A.F.C. |
A.V.C. |
A.T.C. |
M.C |
1 |
100 |
100.00 |
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2 |
250 |
125.00 |
150.00 |
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3 |
410 |
136.67 |
160.00 |
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4 |
560 |
140.00 |
150.00 |
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5 |
700 |
140.00 |
140.00 |
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6 |
830 |
138.33 |
130.00 |
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7 |
945 |
135.00 |
115.00 |
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8 |
1050 |
131.25 |
105.00 |
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9 |
1146 |
127.33 |
96.00 |
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10 |
1234 |
123.40 |
88.00 |
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11 |
1314 |
119.45 |
80.00 |
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12 |
1384 |
115.33 |
70.00 |
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13 |
1444 |
111.08 |
60.00 |
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14 |
1494 |
106.71 |
50.00 |
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15 |
1534 |
102.27 |
40.00 |
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16 |
1564 |
97.75 |
30.00 |
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17 |
1584 |
93.18 |
20.00 |
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18 |
1594 |
88.56 |
10.00 |
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- When MP is >, what is happening to:
1) MC
2)
AVC
- When MC first begins to fall, does AVC begin to rise?
- What is the relation between MC and AVC when MP = AP?
- What is happening to AVC while AP is increasing?
- Where is AVC when AP is at its maximum? What happens to
AVC after this point?
- What happens to MC after the point where it equals AVC?
1)
How does it compare with AVC
thereafter?
2)
What is happening to MP thereafter?
3)
How does MP compare with AP
thereafter?
- What happens to TFC as output is increased?
- What happens to AFC as:
1)
MP increases?
2)
MC decreases?
3)
MP decreases?
4)
MC increases?
5)
AVC increases?
- How long does AFC decrease?
J. What happens to
ATC as?
1)
MP increases
2)
MC decreases
3)
AP increases
4)
AVC decreases
K. Does ATC increase?
1)
As soon as the point of diminishing
marginal returns is passed?
2)
As soon as the point of diminishing
average returns is passed?