Table :

TABLE 12-3 Short-Run Average Costs for Noelle’s Farm

Quantity of trees Q

Variable cost VC

Total cost TC

Short-run average variable cost of tree AVC = VC/Q

Short-run average total cost of tree ATC = TC/Q

10

$160.00

$300.00

$16.00

$30.00

20

 220.00

 360.00

 11.00

 18.00

30

 300.00

 440.00

 10.00

 14.67

40

 420.00

 560.00

 10.50

 14.00

50

 580.00

 720.00

 11.60

 14.40

60

 780.00

 920.00

 13.00

 15.33

70

1,020.00

1,160.00

 14.57

 16.57