Suppose Larry's Lariats produces lassos in a factory, and uses nine feet of rope to make each lasso. The rope is put into a machine that automatically cuts it to the right length, then seals the ends to prevent fraying. The rope is then hand tied, dipped, and wound before being placed in a packaging machine to prepare it for retail sale. Which of the following would be considered a variable cost for this company?
A. Employee wages
B. The cost of the factory
C. The rope-cutting machine
D. All of these expenses would be included in variable costs.
Answer: A
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Total fixed cost is the sum of all
A) costs of the firm's fixed factors of production. B) costs associated with the production of goods. C) costs that rise as output increases. D) the marginal costs of the different factors of production.
An expansion path shows
A) the level of sales necessary for a firm if it wants to expand. B) the level of long-run average cost at different scales of operation. C) the returns to scale at each level of output. D) the least-cost combination of inputs for each level of output.
Commitment strategies:
A. are not necessary to reach a mutually beneficial equilibrium in repeated games. B. are always needed to reach a mutually beneficial equilibrium in single-round games. C. usually fail to work. D. are not observed in reality.
Marginal revenue is
a. the change in total revenue divided by total output b. total revenue divided by total output c. total revenue minus total cost then divided by total output d. the change in total revenue divided by the change in price of output e. the change in total revenue divided by the change in total output