A Firm Produces 12 Different Services and Has Capacity to Service

question 7

Multiple Choice

A firm produces 12 different services and has capacity to service 360,000 customers per year.A total of 24 service workers are employed.If 270,000 customers receive service during a particular year,what is the capacity cushion during that year?

• A)25%
• B)50%
• C)75%
• D)There is not enough information to determine the answer

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Definitions:

MC

In economics, MC stands for Marginal Cost, which is the cost of producing one additional unit of a good or service.

Variable Costs

Costs that change in proportion to the level of goods or services that a business produces.

Product Demand Curves

Graphical representations showing the relationship between the price of a product and the quantity of the product demanded.

Normal Profit

The minimum profit necessary for a company to remain competitive in the market; it occurs when total revenue equals total costs.