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Total cost is greater than average variable cost because total cost includes both variable costs and fixed costs, while average variable cost only accounts for variable costs per unit of output. Fixed costs remain constant regardless of the level of production, which means they contribute to the overall total cost but do not affect the average variable cost calculation. As production increases, the average variable cost may decrease due to spreading the variable costs over more units, but the total cost continues to rise. Therefore, total cost will always exceed average variable cost due to the inclusion of fixed costs.
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What is the formula to find the average variable cost?
Average Variable Cost = Total Variable Cost/ Quantity Average Cost = Average Fixed Cost + Average Variable Cost Average Cost = Total Cost/Quantity
Is total cost always greater than total variable cost?
always
What is the difference between average total costs and average variable costs?
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.
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.
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 is the formula to find the average variable cost?
Average Variable Cost = Total Variable Cost/ Quantity Average Cost = Average Fixed Cost + Average Variable Cost Average Cost = Total Cost/Quantity
Is total cost always greater than total variable cost?
always
What is cost What is the difference between total cost and average cost?
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.
What is the difference between average total costs and average variable costs?
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.
What is the average operating cost for gulfstream 2?
Total Variable Cost $4,196
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.
If average total cost is greater than marginal cost average total cost must be increasing is the true or false?
true
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.
Why average cost increase when marginal cost is increasing?
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.
What happens to average variable cost if the marginal cost is less than it?
If the marginal cost is less than the average variable cost, the average variable cost will decrease.
A company is producing 500 units of output Its average variable costs are 2.00 and its average fixed costs are 50 What is the total cost?
Total cost = variable cost + fixed cost fixed cost = 50 fixed cost per unit = 50 / 500 = .1 total cost = 2 + .1 = 2.1 per unit
Why is average cost and average variable cost are both you shaped?
the average variable cost curve and average cost curve are u- shaped because of the law of variable proportions.
