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9 September, 11:17

Consider the following costs of owning and operating a car. A $15,000 Fiat 500 Pop financed over 60 months at 10 percent interest means a monthly payment of $319. Insurance costs $140 a month regardless of how much you drive. The car gets 25 miles per gallon and uses regular-grade gasoline that costs $2.50 per gallon. Finally, suppose that wear and tear on the car costs about $0.15 a mile.

Required:

a. Which costs are fixed, and which are variable?

b. What is the marginal cost of a mile driven?

c. In deciding whether to drive from Atlanta to Las vegas (about 2,000 miles round-trip), which costs would you consider? Why?

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  1. 9 September, 11:22
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    (a) Fixed cost = Monthly payment of buying car and insurance.

    Variable cost = Regular - grade gasoline cost and depreciation.

    (b) $0.25

    (c) Variable cost

    Explanation:

    According to the scenario, computation of the given data are as follow:-

    a). Fixed cost are include monthly payment of buying car and insurance and variable cost include regular - grade gasoline cost and depreciation.

    b). Marginal Cost of a Mile Driven = Cost Per Gallon : Mile Per Gallon + Car Cost Per Mile

    = $2.50 : 25 + 0.15

    = $0.25

    c). Whether to drive from Atlanta to Las Vegas (about 2,000 miles round trip) we will considered variable cost because its change according to the traveled distance.
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