Question No. 6 A firm manufactures cars at its plant in Swindon. At a capacity of 100 cars per week it knows that it has an assembly cost of £5,000 per car. It needs to expand production and does a series of design and cost exercises. The results are summarized below. TP(cars/week) 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 Ass. cost/car 3,000 2,500 2,300 2,200 2,000 2,400 2,800 4,000 (i) Plot the cost curve for the possible factory extensions. (ii) Is this a short run or long run cost curve? (iii) Explain why this curve is U shaped.
Question No. 6 A firm manufactures cars at its plant in Swindon. At a capacity of 100 cars per week it knows that it has an assembly cost of £5,000 per car. It needs to expand production and does a series of design and cost exercises. The results are summarized below. TP(cars/week) 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 Ass. cost/car 3,000 2,500 2,300 2,200 2,000 2,400 2,800 4,000 (i) Plot the cost curve for the possible factory extensions. (ii) Is this a short run or long run cost curve? (iii) Explain why this curve is U shaped.
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![Question No. 6 A firm manufactures cars at its plant in Swindon. At a capacity of 100 cars per week it knows
that it has an assembly cost of £5,000 per car. It needs to expand production and does a series of design and cost
exercises. The results are summarized below.
|TP(cars/week)
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
Ass. cost/car
3,000
2,500
2,300
2,200
2,000
2,400
2,800
4,000
(i) Plot the cost curve for the possible factory extensions.
(ii) Is this a short run or long run cost curve?
(iii) Explain why this curve is U shaped.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F56b7d667-d70e-4c6f-983d-d1bc5dfa25b3%2Ff06bf0fb-ff89-45a4-9baa-b1917e145606%2Fgtioi3k_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Question No. 6 A firm manufactures cars at its plant in Swindon. At a capacity of 100 cars per week it knows
that it has an assembly cost of £5,000 per car. It needs to expand production and does a series of design and cost
exercises. The results are summarized below.
|TP(cars/week)
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
Ass. cost/car
3,000
2,500
2,300
2,200
2,000
2,400
2,800
4,000
(i) Plot the cost curve for the possible factory extensions.
(ii) Is this a short run or long run cost curve?
(iii) Explain why this curve is U shaped.
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