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Date November 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 18N.3.HL.TZ0.b.i
Level HL Paper 3 Time zone TZ0
Command term Calculate Question number b.i Adapted from N/A
b.i.
[Maximum mark: 1]
18N.3.HL.TZ0.b.i

Firm A produces cartons of coffee. Figure 1 illustrates the firm’s total cost (TC) and variable cost (VC) at different output levels per month.

Figure 1

Figure 2 illustrates the average total cost (ATC), average variable cost (AVC) and marginal cost (MC) at different output levels for Firm B, which produces cans of tea.

Using Figure 2, calculate the average fixed costs when 80 cans per month are produced.

[1]

Markscheme

(25 − 20)
= $5

An answer of $5 is sufficient for [1].