Average costs, variable costs, fixed costs, total costs

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  • Created on: 17-11-12 14:20

1. What is marginal cost?

  • Marginal cost are costs that vary directly with output produced.
  • Marginal cost is the change in total cost that occurs when output is changed by one unit.
  • Marginal cost is the unit cost of production.
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2. What are costs?

  • The monetary value of inputs that are needed to produce a particular good or service
  • The value of inputs that are needed to produce a good
  • The revenue from inputs that are needed to produce a good or service

3. What are fixed costs?

  • The total cost of production or provision of a service
  • Costs that are independent of output produced e.g. rent, interest paid on loans
  • Costs that vary directly with output produced e.g. labour, fuel, raw material costs

4. The lowest level of output where LRAC is minimised is known as what?

  • Moderate efficiency scale
  • Minimum efficiency scale
  • Maximum efficiency scale

5. What is long run?

  • Time period when the lowest level of output where long-run average cost (LRAC) is minimised.
  • Time period when all factor inputs can be changed
  • Time period when a firm is unable to change factors of production except for one, usually labour.

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