Question

Espresso Express operates a number of espresso coffee stands in busy suburban malls. The fixed weekly expense of a coffee stand is $1,200 and the variable cost per cup of coffee served is $0.22. Required: 1. Fill in the following table with your estimates of total costs and cost per cup of coffee at the indicated levels of activity for a coffee stand. Round off the cost of a cup of coffee to the nearest tenth of a cent. Cups of coffee Served in a week 2,000 2100 2200Fixed Cost ? ? ?Variable Cost ? ? ? Total Costs ? ? ?Average cost per cup of coffee served ? ? ?2. Does the average cost per cup of coffee served increase, decrease, or remain the .same as the of cups of coffee served in a week increases? Explain.

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Fixed costs - will remain similar no matter of output amount

Variable costs - vary with the change in output

Average cost=(Fixed cost(FC) + Variable cost(VC))/number of units produced

VC = VC per cup of coffee served *cup of coffee served in a week

Total Cost(TC)= FC+VC

Average cost=TC/Cup of coffee served in a week

1. Let's calculate for 2000 cups of coffee:

FC remain the same! = $1200

VC=0.22*2000= $440

TC=FC+VC= 1200+440= $1640

Average cost of 1 cup of coffee= TC/#of cups=1640/2000=$0.82

2. Calculation for 2100 cups:

FC=1200

VC=0.22*2100=462

TC=1200+462=1662

Av cost=1662/2100=0.79

3. Calculation for 2200 cups:

FC=1200

VC=0.22*2200=484

TC=1200+484=1684

Av cost=1684/2200=0.77

As the number of cups increased from 2000 to 2100, the average cost per cup devreased 0.82 to 0.79. Then when number of cups increased to 2200, average cost decreased to 0.77. The reduction is due to the variable cost