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Fixed and Variable Cost Exercise
Q1)
A worker has set out a table of his charges:
Number of hours worked
2
4
6
8
Cost (£)
20
30
40
50
a)
What is the fixed cost?
b)
What is the variable cost?
c)
Find an expression for the total cost £c for working h hours.
c =
h
+
d)
Work out the total cost if the worker
took
150
hours to complete their work.
Total cost is
Q2)
A worker has set out a table of his charges:
Number of hours worked
1
2
3
4
Cost (£)
50
78
106
134
a)
What is the fixed cost?
b)
What is the variable cost?
c)
Find an expression for the total cost £c for working h hours.
c =
h
+
d)
Work out the total cost if the worker
took
6
hours to complete their work.
Total cost is
Q3)
A worker has set out a table of his charges:
Number of hours worked
6
9
12
20
Cost (£)
230
320
410
650
a)
What is the fixed cost?
b)
What is the variable cost?
c)
Find an expression for the total cost £c for working h hours.
c =
h
+
d)
Work out the total cost if the worker
took
24
hours to complete their work.
Total cost is
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