Ch.16-Costs, scale of production and break-even analysis Flashcards
1
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Fixed cost
A
Costs that do not change with outpu
2
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Variable costs
A
Costs that change in direct proportion to output
3
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Total cost
A
All the variable and fixed costs of producing the total output
4
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Average costs
A
The cost of producing a single unit of output
5
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Economies of scale
A
The reduction in average costs as a result of increasing the scale of operations
6
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Diseconomies of scale
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Factors that cause average costs to rise as the scale of operations increases
7
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Break-even
A
the level of output where revenue equals total costs; the business is making neither profit nor loss
8
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Margin of safety
A
The difference between the current level of output and break-even output
