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What happens to the value of average fixed cost as the level of output increases?
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The average fixed cost is equal to fixed cost divided by level of output, if the output increases; the average fixed cost is less.
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As output increases the average fixed costs?
remain constant
Why is an Average Fixed Cost curve downward sloping?
This is a simple enough question to answer, Fixed cost is defined as the cost invariant of output, i.e. cost that doesnot change as output increases, i.e. constant. So if you divide a constant by output as a variable, as output increases Average Fixed Costs drop.
What causes average fixed cost to decline?
The average fixed cost curve is negatively sloped. Average fixed cost is relatively high at small quantities of output, then declines as production increases. The more production increases, the more average fixed cost declines. The reason behind this perpetual decline is that a given FIXED cost is spread over an increasingly larger quantity of output.
Do the fixed costs increase as output increases?
No these are costs such as rent stay basically same irrespective of output
If average cost increases does marginal cost increase?
It depends if the increase in Average Cost is caused by an increase in Fixed Costs or an increase in Variable Costs. An increase in Fixed Costs will not increase MC, because FCs do not vary with output (by definition) And increase in Variable Costs will increase MC
As output increases the average fixed costs?
remain constant
Why is an Average Fixed Cost curve downward sloping?
This is a simple enough question to answer, Fixed cost is defined as the cost invariant of output, i.e. cost that doesnot change as output increases, i.e. constant. So if you divide a constant by output as a variable, as output increases Average Fixed Costs drop.
What causes average fixed cost to decline?
The average fixed cost curve is negatively sloped. Average fixed cost is relatively high at small quantities of output, then declines as production increases. The more production increases, the more average fixed cost declines. The reason behind this perpetual decline is that a given FIXED cost is spread over an increasingly larger quantity of output.
Do the fixed costs increase as output increases?
No these are costs such as rent stay basically same irrespective of output
If average cost increases does marginal cost increase?
It depends if the increase in Average Cost is caused by an increase in Fixed Costs or an increase in Variable Costs. An increase in Fixed Costs will not increase MC, because FCs do not vary with output (by definition) And increase in Variable Costs will increase MC
What effect will an increase in output have on average fixed average variable and average total cost?
average fixed will go down, average variable will remain the same, and average total will go down.
Average total cost is very high when a small amount of output is produced because?
average fixed cost is high
Why does the degree of operating leverage change as the quantity sold increases?
Operating leverage decreases as output increases because fixed costs are decreasing in relative importance and variable costs are increasing in relative importance as output rises. Thus, the degree of operating leverage is declining.
When output increases the unit labor cost falls and the unit material cost falls why?
because the fixed cost is absorbed into the number of units produced.
DO Average cost always falls as output increases because fixed costs will be spread more thinly?
Not necessarily. Total Cost = Fixed Cost + Variable Cost; Variable Cost=f(Quantity) and if f`(Quantity)>0 it implies that as quantity produced rises variable cost would rise. Average Total Cost=Average Fixed Cost + Average Variable Cost. If initially the Total Cost function is more of an odd function (mostly it is) then the Average Cost will look more like a parabola i.e. it will tend to fall becuase the Fixed Cost gets thin but later that is overtaken by the increase in Variable Cost. But there are cases when Average Total Cost does fall continuously as quantity increases and these involve huge Fixed Costs like say Electric Supply Infrastructure. This is called natural monopoly.
What happens Cost driver activity level increases within the relevant range?
total fixed costs remain unchanged
What is the relationship between total fixed cost and output?
What is the relation ship between total fixed cost and output?
