if fixed costs are $1000 and the marginal cost to produce one more unit is $10 per unit, then Average Variable cost is u-shaped True or False?
If the marginal cost is constant throughout the production process, then the Average Variable Cost will not be U-shaped.
The calculations presented in this Table shows that the value of AVC is gradually falling with the number of quantity. Hence the evidence of u-curve is not found.
Calculation of AVC | Q | VC | TC | MC | AVC |
| 0 | 0 | 1000 | 10 | |
| 1 | 1000 | 1010 | 10 | 1000.00 |
| 2 | | | | |
| 3 | | | | |
| 4 | | | | |
| 5 | | | | |
| 6 | | | | |
| 7 | | | | |
| 8 | | | | |
| 9 | | | 10 | |
| 10 | | | 10 | |
| 11 | | | | |
| 12 | | | 10 | |
| 13 | | | 10 | |
| 14 | | | 10 | |
| 15 | | | 10 | |
| 16 | | | 10 | |
| 17 | | | 10 | |
| 18 | | | 10 | |
| 19 | | | 10 | |
| 20 | | | 10 | |