economics: section 7.2

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total cost 

the sum of all of the factors of production used in making a good

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average cost

the cost of all factors of production used in producing one unit of a good

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reducing costs

the lower a total average cost, the more profit a producer will have

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fixed cost

expense that does not change even if the business is not producing anything

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variable cost 

expense that changes as the operation of the business is carried out

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total cost

sum of fixed and variable costs

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marginal cost 

cost to produce one more unit of a good

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marginal product of labor

how much additional output a company can produce by adding one more worker

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profit

total revenue from sales minus total cost of producing products

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marginal revenue 

total revenue divided by production output

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total revenue

marginal revenue x output per day

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profit per day

total revenue minus total cost

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marginal profit 

change in profit per day divided by change in production output per day