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variable cost equation
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W x L (wage times labor)
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Marginal ---- and marginal ----- are inversely related
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product of labor and cost
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average variable cost equations
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VC/Q or W/APL (variable cost over quantity or wage over average productivity)
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average total cost equations
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AVC + AFC or TC/Q (fixed cost plus variable cost or total cost over quantity)
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If MC > AVC
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AVC increases
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If MC < AVC
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AVC decreases
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If MC = AVC
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AVC doesn't change
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equation for MC
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change in TC/change in Q
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production function
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max output given level of input and current tech
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equation for AFC (average fixed cost)
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FC/Q (fixed costs divided by quantity)
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average ---- and average ----- are inversely related
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variable cost, productivity/product of labor
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ATC and AVC get ---- at large quantities
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closer
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in the long run, VC =
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TC (total cost bc u can change anything)
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In the long run, FC =
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0
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in economies of scale, ----- falls as Q rises
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LRATC
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in diseconomies of scale, ----- rises as Q rises
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LRATC
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efficient scale
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bottom of the LRATC curve - the smallest LRATC is ever gonna be