Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:**Conversation: Understanding Average Variable Costs**
**Randall:**
In class, we learned about different kinds of average and marginal costs.
**Randall:**
Can I ask you about some of your average variable costs?
**Ty:**
Of course. I remember from my economics classes that average variable cost (AVC) is equal to:
**Randall:**
Okay, can you tell me the average variable cost of washing 96 cars? (Round to one decimal place. Click the Production Data tab to access the car wash data.)
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**Production Data Table:**
| Workers | Cars Washed |
|---------|-------------|
| 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 45 |
| 4 | 68 |
| 5 | 85 |
| 6 | 96 |
| 7 | 91 |
| 8 | 80 |
---
**Instructions:**
- Enter a response in the box provided and click "Submit" below the conversation to provide your answer about the average variable cost for washing 96 cars.
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