ECN 2802, EXAM TWO, PART ONE

FILL IN THE BLANKS

NAME ___________________

1. An ink bottle shaped to look like an oil supertanker cracks, spilling pools of black ink over an economist’s books. Please help the economist restore his records by filling the missing entries.

Quantity

AFC

TVC

ATC

MC

TC

0

XXX

 

XXX

XXX

 

10

   

20

   

20

       

280

30

     

11

390

40

 

420

     

50

2

 

14

   

XXX values are unknown.

Quantity = Units of output; AFC = Average fixed cost; TVC = Total variable cost;

ATC = Average total cost; MC = Marginal cost; and TC = Total cost.

2. Fill in the blanks in the following table:

Output

TC

FC

VC

AFC

AVC

ATC

MC

1

 

$100

$900

       

2

       

850

   

3

           

700

4

       

800

   

5

         

900

 

6

           

1,500

7

 

 

7,900        

8

         

1,300

 

9

14,000

           

3. Fill in the blanks in the following table:

Variable Input

Total Product

Average Product

Marginal Product

4

 

20

XXX

5

   

15

6

102

   

7

   

10

8

 

15

 

9

126

   

10

 

12