### Starting a Food Ordering and Delivery Company: Understanding Costs and ProfitsMaria is launching a food ordering and delivery business. Here's an overview of the business model and the associated costs:1. **Online Orders and Delivery**: - Customers place orders online. Employees prepare and deliver meals. 2. **Fixed and Variable Costs**: - **Maintenance Cost**: $5 per day for the online platform. - **Rent**: $50 per day for space where meals are prepared. - **Delivery Cars**: $20 per day ($10 each for 2 cars). 3. **Labor Costs**: - Maria needs to hire between 0 to 10 workers based on meal orders. - Each worker earns $120 per day.4. **Cost of Ingredients**: - Varies with the number of meals produced.5. **Pricing**: - Meals are priced at $50 each.### Table of Production and CostsThe table below outlines the production capacity and costs for varying numbers of workers:| Workers (Labor L) | Meals (Output Q) | MPL | FC | Cost of Ingredients | VC | TC | AFC | AVC | ATC | MC | TR | Profit | Profit per Meal ||-------------------|------------------|-----|----|---------------------|----|----|-----|-----|-----|----|----|--------|----------------|| 0 | 0 | - | $10| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - || 1 | 30 | 30 | $75| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - || 2 | 42 | 12 | $100| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - || 3 | 52 | 10 | $121| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - || 4 | 60 | 8 | $138| - | - | - | -

The cost of producing an additional unit of goods is called Marginal cost.(MC).The cost that doesn't changes with the change in quantity is known as fixed cost. The cost that varies with the change in production is known as variable cost. The per unit cost of producing a good is known as AC( average cost).(d) Given ,Maintainance cost of online platform=$5Rent =$50Total rent on delivery cars=$20Fixed cost=Maintainance cost of online platform+Rent+Total rent on delivery carsFixed cost=$5+$50+$20Fixed cost=$75 These formulas will be used ; Total wage in a day=Wage rate *Number of workerVariable cost=Cost of ingredient+Total wages in a dayTC=VC+Fixed costAFC=TFCQAVC=VCQATC=TCQMC=∆VCQTR=Price of meal×QProfit=TR-TCProfit per meal=ProfitQ The graph is as follows: In the above graph , it can be seen that ATC is rising which can be seen in the table.MC and AFC are falling with the rise in meal per day With the help of given information , the table and diagram is made in step 2.