In: Economics
a. Complete the table above by calculating the average total cost, marginal cost, average variable cost, and the average fixed cost.
Quantity of Workers | Apples Picked by workers | Fixed Costs (FC) | Variable Costs (VC) | Total Costs (TC) | Cost per Apple (ATC) | Marginal Cost (MC) | Average Variable Cost (AVC) | Average Fixed Cost (AFC) |
0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
1 | 100 | 10 | 5 | |||||
2 | 210 | 10 | 10 | |||||
3 | 290 | 10 | 15 | |||||
4 | 340 | 10 | 20 | |||||
5 | 360 | 10 | 25 |
Ans:
Quantity of Workers |
Apples Picked by workers |
Fixed Costs ( FC) |
Variable Costs ( VC) |
Total Costs ( TC) |
Cost per Apple ( ATC) |
Marginal Cost ( MC) |
Average Variable Costs ( AVC) |
Average Fixed Costs ( AFC) |
0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
1 | 100 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.10 |
2 | 210 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
3 | 290 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
4 | 340 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
5 | 360 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.07 | 0.03 |
Explanation:
TC = FC + VC
ATC = TC / Q
MC = Change in TC / Change in Q
AVC = VC / Q
AFC = FC / Q
( figures are rounded to two decimal places)