Assume You Are Planning a Spring Break Ski Trip to Colorado.You

question 32

Multiple Choice

Assume you are planning a spring break ski trip to Colorado.You are preparing a budget of your costs.You are staying at a lodge that has a special where the lodge charges you $25 for the first 30 ski lift rides and an additional charge of $5 for each ride in excess of 30.You believe you will ride the ski lift 40 times during the week,so you budget $75.The ski lift charge is an example of a

• A)Fixed cost.
• B)Variable cost.
• C)Mixed cost.
• D)Step cost.

---

Definitions:

Demand

The amount of a product or service that buyers are prepared and able to buy at different price levels over a specific time frame.

Perfect Price-Discriminate

A theoretical pricing strategy where a seller charges each customer the maximum price they are willing to pay, leading to maximum profit without excess supply or demand.

Marginal Cost

The increase in expenses associated with the production of an extra good or service unit.

Price Discrimination

A pricing strategy where a firm sells the same product at different prices to different groups of consumers, based on their willingness to pay, without any differences in production cost.