Part I:  Read each statement below.  Write T before each true statement.  Write F before each false statement and rewrite each false statement to make it true.

____ 1.  Rent, raw materials, employee wages, and property taxes are all examples of fixed costs.
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____ 2.  Firms often offer a wide variety of goods for sale to reduce their variable costs per product.
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____ 3.  Examples of variable costs include the cost of raw materials, production workers, and electricity to run machines.
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____ 4.  Entrepreneurs benefit from having large fixed costs per item offered for sale.
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____ 5.  Firms should not offer a product for sale that does not earn enough income to pay for its variable costs.
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Part II.  Answer each of the following in the space provided.

6.  How can an entrepreneur reduce the fixed costs per unit sold?
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7.  If my fixed costs are $4 per product when I make 250 products, what will they be per product when I make 500 products?
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8.  Why do firms that offer more products for sale have lower costs per item than similar firms that offer fewer products for sale?
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9.  How can some wages be examples of fixed costs whereas other wages are examples of variable costs?
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Entrepreneurship in the U.S. Economy, Lesson 20

Entreprenuers Control Costs: Economics Lesson