Spotless Car Wash must pay per day for each automated line i
Spotless Car Wash must pay per day for each automated line it uses and pay its workers per day. From the information in the following table, calculate:
Solution
All the costs are shown in the above table. These costs behave in a way described in the texts. Optimal production level is 160 units where ATC is minimum i.e 1.96.
Marginal cost is constant i.e $60. This means the firm has a horizontol marginal cost curve.
| TFC | TVC | TC | AFC | AVC | ATC | MC |
| 75 | -75 | - | - | - | -- | - |
| 75 | 60 | 135 | 2.5 | 2 | 4.5 | 60 |
| 75 | 120 | 195 | 1.07 | 1.71 | 2.7 | 60 |
| 75 | 180 | 255 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.125 | 60 |
| 75 | 240 | 315 | 0.468 | 1.5 | 1.96 | 60 |
| 75 | 300 | 375 | 0.39 | 1.57 | 1.97 | 60 |
| 75 | 360 | 435 | 0.35 | 1.71 | 2.07 | 60 |
