Tony's Pizza's Production Function Is Shown in the Table Above

question 150

Essay

Tony's Pizza's production function is shown in the table above. Tony currently operates Plant 1. He hires workers at a wage rate of $50 a day and his total fixed cost is $100.
a) Calculate Tony's Pizza's total variable cost and total cost for each output level.
b) Calculate Tony's marginal costs.
c) Calculate the average fixed costs, average variable costs, and average total costs.
d) Draw Tony's marginal, average variable, and average total cost curves in one figure. What is the relationship between marginal cost and average cost?

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Definitions:

Profit Margin Percentage

A profitability ratio calculated by dividing net income by revenue, expressing the result as a percentage.

Plowback Ratio

The proportion of earnings retained by a business, rather than distributed to its shareholders as dividends, to reinvest in the core business or to pay debt.

Dividend Policy Decision

The strategy that a company uses to determine the size and timing of its dividends payments to shareholders.

Capital Intensity Ratio

A financial metric that measures the amount of capital needed per dollar of revenue; used to evaluate the investment intensity of a business's operations.