Average Variable Cost = Total Variable Cost/ Quantity Average Cost = Average Fixed Cost + Average Variable Cost Average Cost = Total Cost/Quantity
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Average total cost is the average of all your costs. This is your Fixed Costs and your Variable costs. Average Variable Cost is the average of your costs that can fluctuate.
average fixed will go down, average variable will remain the same, and average total will go down.
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.
Average Variable Cost = Total Variable Cost/ Quantity Average Cost = Average Fixed Cost + Average Variable Cost Average Cost = Total Cost/Quantity
always
Average total cost is the average of all your costs. This is your Fixed Costs and your Variable costs. Average Variable Cost is the average of your costs that can fluctuate.
Average total cost is the average of all your costs. This is your Fixed Costs and your Variable costs. Average Variable Cost is the average of your costs that can fluctuate.
Total Variable Cost $4,196
average fixed will go down, average variable will remain the same, and average total will go down.
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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.
Marginal cost = derivative of (Total cost/Quantity) Where Total cost = fixed cost + variable cost Marginal cost = derivative (Variable cost/Quantity) (by definition, fixed costs do not vary with quantity produced) Average cost = Total cost/Quantity The rate of change of average cost is equivalent to its derivative. Thus, AC' = derivative(Total cost/Quantity) => derivative (Variable cost/Quantity) = MC. So, when MC is increasing, AC' is increasing. That is, when marginal cost increases, the rate of change of average cost must increase, so average cost is always increasing when marginal cost is increasing.
If the marginal cost is less than the average variable cost, the average variable cost will decrease.
the average variable cost curve and average cost curve are u- shaped because of the law of variable proportions.
Total cost = variable cost + fixed cost fixed cost = 50 fixed cost per unit = 50 / 500 = .1 total cost = 2 + .1 = 2.1 per unit