1-Suppose in one year Leo's Lemonade Stand sells 5,000 cups of
lemonade at a price of $0.25 per cup. Leo incurs the following
costs for the year:
cups: $40
sugar: $20
lemons: $150
water: $75
wages for Linda (the friend Leo hires to help him): $400
Recall Leo also uses $100 from his savings account to buy materials
to build the stand. He forgoes $5 in interest income that he could
have earned if he had left the money in his savings account. Leo
could have spent 30 hours mowing lawns at a rate of $15 per hour if
he had not been working at his lemonade stand.
Leo's economic profit is ______ and his accounting profit is
_________.
a.$10; $465
b.$465; $10
c.$110; $565
d.$445; $465
2- If a firm produces 130 units of output when 10 units of an input are used, and 137 units of output when 11 units of the input are used, what is the marginal product of the 11th unit?
a.137
b.12.5
3-As output increases, the marginal product _______ and the slope of the total cost curve becomes _______.
a.decreases; flatter
b.decreases; steeper
c.increases; flatter
d.increases; steeper
c.11
d.7
4-
Output |
Total Cost |
0 |
$380 |
1 |
400 |
2 |
450 |
3 |
530 |
4 |
640 |
5 |
780 |
What is the average fixed cost of the 2nd unit of
output?
a.$25
b.$190
c.$225
d.Cannot be determined with the information given.
5-What is the marginal cost of the 4th unit of output?
a.$65
b.$110
c.$140
d.$160
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