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Units of Output (Q) | Total Cost (TC) | Total Variable Cost (TVC) | Average Variable Cost (AVC) | Average Fixed Cost (AFC) | Marginal Cost (MC) |
0 | $120 | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1 | 121 | ||||
2 | 126 | ||||
3 | 147 | ||||
4 | 196 | ||||
5 | 285 | ||||
6 | 426 | ||||
7 | 631 | ||||
8 | 912 | ||||
9 | 1,281 | ||||
10 | 1,750 |
4. The following Table represents a firm’s short run costs.
a. Complete the missing cells in the Table (10 points).
Output | Fixed cost | Variable cost | Total cost | Average Total cost | Average fixed cost | Average variable cost | Marginal cost |
0 | 120 | 0 | 120 | ||||
1 | 120 | 1 | 121 | 121.0 | 120.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
2 | 120 | 6 | 126 | 63.0 | 60.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
3 | 120 | 27 | 147 | 49.0 | 40.0 | 9.0 | 21.0 |
4 | 120 | 76 | 196 | 49.0 | 30.0 | 19.0 | 49.0 |
5 | 120 | 165 | 285 | 57.0 | 24.0 | 33.0 | 89.0 |
6 | 120 | 306 | 426 | 71.0 | 20.0 | 51.0 | 141.0 |
7 | 120 | 511 | 631 | 90.1 | 17.1 | 73.0 | 205.0 |
8 | 120 | 792 | 912 | 114.0 | 15.0 | 99.0 | 281.0 |
9 | 120 | 1161 | 1281 | 142.3 | 13.3 | 129.0 | 369.0 |
10 | 120 | 1630 | 1750 | 175.0 | 12.0 | 163.0 | 469.0 |