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Transcribed Image Text:A linear cost function is C(x) 7x + 150. (Assume C is measured in dollars.)
(a) What are the slope and the C-intercept?
slope
7
C-intercept 150
(b) What is the marginal cost MC?
MC 7
What does the marginal cost mean?
O If production is increased by this many units, the cost increases by $1.
Each additional unit produced costs this much (in dollars).
O Each additional unit produced reduces the cost by this much (in dollars).
O If production is increased by this many units, the cost decreases by $1.
(c) How are your answers to parts (a) and (b) related?
slope
C-interced
marginal cost
slope marginal cost, and C-intercept = fixed costs
C-intercept
= marginal cost
slope
=
O slope fixed costs, and C-intercept = marginal cost
=
(d) What is the cost of producing one more item if 50 are currently being produced?
$9
x
What is the cost of producing one more item if 100 are currently being produced?
$9
X
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