Lecture 5: Cost of Production in ECON 2000

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What is the relationship between average fixed cost and the quantity of output?

  • Average fixed cost remains constant regardless of the quantity of output
  • Average fixed cost increases as the quantity of output increases (correct)
  • Average fixed cost is unrelated to the quantity of output
  • Average fixed cost decreases as the quantity of output increases

What characterizes a situation of diseconomies of scale?

  • Long-run average total cost rises as the quantity of output increases (correct)
  • Variable costs decrease with an increase in output
  • Long-run average total cost stays the same as the quantity of output changes
  • Long-run average total cost falls as the quantity of output increases

What is the main property of constant returns to scale?

  • Long-run average total cost stays the same as the quantity of output changes (correct)
  • Long-run average total cost rises as the quantity of output increases
  • Long-run average total cost is fixed regardless of the quantity of output
  • Long-run average total cost falls as the quantity of output increases

What does the marginal cost represent?

<p>The increase in variable cost due to producing an extra unit (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does economies of scale relate to long-run average total cost?

<p>It causes long-run average total cost to fall (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the formula for profit for a firm?

<p>Total Revenue - Total Cost (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best defines Implicit Costs?

<p>Input costs that do not require an outlay of money by the firm. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Marginal Product in economics?

<p>The increase in output that arises from an additional unit of input. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In economics, what do Fixed Costs refer to?

<p>Costs that do not vary with the quantity of output produced. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Average Total Cost in economics?

<p>Total Cost divided by the quantity of output. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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