Question

You are the chief financial officer for a firm that sells digital music players. Your firm has the following average-total-cost schedule: Quantity Average Total Cost (Number of players) (Dollars) 600 300 601 301 Your current level of production is 600 devices, all of which have been sold. Someone calls, desperate to buy one of your music players. The caller offers you $550 for it. True or False: You should accept the offer. True False

Answer 1

Answer:

False

Explanation:

Since for finding out whether the offer is accepted or not, first we have to determine the total cost at 600 number of players and for 601 number of players which is

The total cost of 600 players is

= 600 × $300

= $180,000

The total cost of 601 players is

= 601 × $301

= $180,901

Now the marginal cost is 601 player is $901 which is difference between the $180,000 and $180,901 that is higher than the offered price i.e $550

Therefore, the offer should not be accepted