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ZIMSEC A-Level Economics

4.4Production costs

Production costs in ZIMSEC A-Level Economics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 4.4.1Explain the short run and the long run and calculate total, marginal and average costs.
  2. 4.4.2Distinguish between internal and external economies and diseconomies of scale.

Lessons

  • Long-run costs and economies of scale

    45 min

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  • Short-run costs: total, average and marginal

    45 min

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  • Short-run production and diminishing returns

    40 min

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Sample question

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Production costs: sample question

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At its third scale a fictional furniture workshop has a total cost of US$12,000 a month and produces 420 units. Calculate the long-run average cost per unit, to the nearest cent.

Complete: US$ …

Only if the answer has a unit, e.g. cm or km/h.

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