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La Yuca Company produces raw materials for the alcapurrias industry. It has weekly fixed costs of $ 4,000.00 plus variable costs per unit of $ 3.00. The raw material is sold in the market for $ 20.00 per package.
a) determine the total cost to produce # 2,000 packages
b) determine the cost per unit, average cost, for the # 2,000 packages
c) How much can you lower the fixed cost if you want to make a profit of $ 3,000.00 per week?
Q1) (a) Total cost = fixed cost + variable cost*quantity
= 4000 + 3*2000 = 4000 + 6000 = 10000
(b)Average cost = Cost per unit = total cost/ total units = 10000/2000 = 5
(c) total profit = total revenue - total cost
=> 3000 = 30*2000 - fixed cost - 3*2000
=> 3000 = 60000 - 6000 - fixed cost
=> fixed cost = 51000