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CHAPTER 5: Production and Cost
Objectives:
a. Understand the theory of production
b. Explain the cost of choices and trade-offs
Let’s Exercise!
Tuma Unlimited produces noodles in a perfectly competitive market. Its average total costs,
marginal costs, and average variable costs have all decreased, but its average fixed costs
haven't changed.
Which of the following would cause these changes?
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A)
A
an improvement in productivity
(Choice B)
B
an increase in fixed costs
(Choice C)
C
a tax on variable costs
(Choice D)
D
a subsidy on fixed costs
(Choice E)
E
a tax on fixed costs
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The cost of production is an important factor in almost all business analysis and decision,
etc..cost refers to the expenses incurred in production.
Cost analysis
Cost analysis refers to the study of behavior of cost in relation to one or more production criteria
like size of output, scale of operation, price of factors of production
Break-even analysis
There are two basic types of costs a company incurs.
• Variable Costs
• Fixed Costs
Variable costs are costs that change with changes in production levels or sales. Examples
include: Costs of materials used in the production of the goods.
Fixed costs remain roughly the same regardless of sales/output levels. Examples include: Rent,
Insurance and Wages
TOTAL COSTS
- Total Costs is simply Fixed Costs and Variable Costs added together.
TC = FC + VC
- As Total Costs include some of the Variable Costs then Total Costs will also change
with any changes in output/sales.
The Break-even point occurs when Total Costs equals Revenue (Sales Income)
Revenues (Sales Income) = Total Costs
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At this point the business is not making a Profit nor incurring a Loss – it is merely covering its
Total Costs
Let us have a look at a simple example.
Bannerman Trading Company opens a flower shop.
Fixed Costs:
Rent: £400
Helper (Wages): £200
Variable Costs:
Flowers: £0.50 per bunch
Selling Price: • Flowers: £2 per bunch
So we know that:
Total Fixed Costs = £600
Variable Cost per Unit = £0.50
Selling Price per Unit = £2.00
SP = £2.00
VC = £0.50
FC = £600
We must firstly calculate how much income from each bunch of flowers can go towards
covering the Fixed Costs.
This is called the Unit Contribution.
Selling Price – Variable Costs = Unit Contribution
£2.00 - £0.50 = £1.50
For every bunch of flowers sold £1.50 can go towards covering Fixed Costs
Now to calculate how many units must be sold to cover Total Costs (FC + VC)
SP = £2.00
VC = £0.50
Unit cont = £1.50
FC = £600
This is called the Break Even Point
Break Even Point = Fixed Costs Unit Contribution
£600 £1.50 = 400 Units
Therefore 400 bunches of flowers must be sold to Break Even – at this the point the business is
not making a Profit nor incurring a Loss – it is merely covering its Total Costs
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