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7. Problems and Applications Q7 Your cousin Vinnie owns a painting company with fixed costs of $200 and the following schedule for variable costs: Quantity Variable Cost Average Fixed Cost Average Variable Cost Average Total Cost (Houses Painted per Month) (Dollars) (Dollars) (Dollars) (Dollars) 1 10 2 20 3 40 4 80 5 160 6 320 7 640 The efficient scale is houses.

Answer 1

Answer:

4 houses per month.

Explanation:

Note: See the attached file for the calculation.

Efficient scale of production is can be described as the number of units of production where average total cost (ATC) of production is lowest.

From the attached file, the ATC of $70 is the lowest at 4 houses per month and 4 houses per month is therefore the efficient scale.

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