Tuesday 24 July 2012

Koffee Express operates a number of espresso coffee stands in busy suburban malls. The fixed

Koffee Express operates a number of espresso coffee stands in busy suburban malls. The fixed weekly expense of a coffee stand is $1,100 and the variable cost per cup of coffee served is $0.26.

Required:
1.
Fill in the following table with your estimates of total costs and average cost per cup of coffee at the indicated levels of activity for a coffee stand. (Round the "Average cost per cup of coffee" to 3 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Cups of Coffee Served in a Week
        1,800         1,900     2,000
  Fixed cost $ $ $  
  Variable cost  
  


  Total cost $ $ $  
  





  Average cost per cup of coffee served $ $ $  


2.
Does the average cost per cup of coffee served increase, decrease, or remain the same as the number of cups of coffee served in a week increases?
Decreases


Explanation: 1. 
Average cost per cup of coffee served = Total cost ÷ Cups of coffee served in a week

2.
The average cost of a cup of coffee served declines as the number of cups of coffee served increases because the fixed cost is spread over more cups of coffee.

2 comments:

  1. How did you solve it? What's the solution?

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    1. Never mind. I figured it out. Thanks a lot! =)

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