Marginal Cost vs Average Cost - Economics 101

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In this video I look further into economics and show that the average cost of producing one item when x items are produced is minimum when the average cost equals the marginal cost. This is an important principle to understand and it is easily derived using the calculus principles that I have covered in my previous videos.


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Economics – Marginal Cost vs Average Cost

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If average cost is minimum then marginal cost = average cost

Cost function, C(x)

  • cost to produce x amount of items
    Marginal Costs, C’(x)
  • Derivative of C(x)
  • Rate change of C(x)
  • Approximately cost to produce 1 more item
    • If x is a large number
      • .e. x = 1000 cars. C’(x) = cost to produce the 1001st car (approximately)

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Economies of Scale:

  • More efficient use of the fixed costs of production
  • Decreased marginal costs
  • Cost function concave downwards

Eventually there will be an inflection point and the cost will concave upwards (marginal costs increase), perhaps because of overtime costs or the inefficiencies of a large-scale operation.

Average Cost, c(x)

  • Cost per item when x items are produce

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  • Slope of the line that joins the origin to the point (x, C(x) on the C(x) curve

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  • The above principle is plausible because if our marginal cost is smaller than our average cost, then we should produce more, thereby lowering the average cost.
  • If the marginal cost is larger than our average cost, then we should produce less in order to lower our average cost.


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