Unit 2: Elasticity, Consumer Choice, Costs

Lesson 7b: Production Costs in the Short Run

Key Graphs

 

Total Cost Curves

Total Cost (TC),

Total Variable Cost, (TVC),

Total Fixed Cost (TFC)

 

Average Cost Curves and Marginal Cost

Average Total Cost (ATC) , Average Variable Cost, (TVC), Average Fixed Cost (AFC), and Marginal Cost (MC)

NOTICE: MC crosses ATC and AVC at their lowest points

Which graph below is drawn correctly?

Which graph below is drawn correctly?

Which colored rectangle below is largest?
(assume the ATC and AVC curves are identical.)

 

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Lesson 7b