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
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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.
How did you solve it? What's the solution?
ReplyDeleteNever mind. I figured it out. Thanks a lot! =)
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