In Determining Whether to Keep a Machine or Replace It

question 19

True/False

In determining whether to keep a machine or replace it, the original cost of the machine is a sunk cost and is NOT a relevant factor.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

Marginal cost is the change in total production cost that comes from making or producing one additional unit of a good.

Perfectly Competitive

Refers to a market structure where there are many buyers and sellers, all producing homogenous products, with no single participant having the power to influence the market price.

Industry Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the total output of the industry for that good.

Elastic

Describes a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied changes significantly in response to a change in price.