Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Section G: Finance (Reminder 1)


• Fixed, variable and total costs.  

Fixed costs (FC) are the expenses that do not alter in relation to changes in output.

Examples:















Variable costs (VC): expenses that vary in direct proportion to changes in output.



Examples:


Total costs = FC + VC

Price, total revenue and profit:

Price:



Total revenue: Number of items sold x Selling price

Profit: Total Revenue minus Total Cost

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