Tony's Pizza's production function is shown in the table above. Tony currently operates
economics
Description
ASSIGNMENT (OUTPUT AND COST)
Output (pizzas per day)
Labor
(workers) Plant 1 Plant 2 Plant 3 Plant 4
1 8 11 13 14
2 18 22 24 25
3 26 30 33 35
4 31 36 40 43
5 34 40 45 50
6 35 42 48 54
7 33 40 47 54
Ovens 1 2 3 4
Tony's Pizza's production function is shown in the table above. Tony currently operates
Plant 1.
Plant4
He hires workers at a wage rate of $50 a day and his total fixed cost is $100.
a) Calculate Tony's Pizza's total variable cost and total cost for each output level.
b) Calculate Tony's marginal costs.
c) Calculate the average fixed costs, average variable costs, and average total costs.
d) Draw Tony's marginal, average variable, and average total cost curves in one figure. What is the relationship between marginal cost and average cost?
