A county government hires lawyers to defend itself in lawsuits. The local govern

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A county government hires lawyers to defend itself in lawsuits. The local government provides its legal staff with an office building. The table below shows how many cases can be handled with different numbers of lawyers over the course of a year.?? Lawyers Office Buildings Cases 0 1 0 1 1 1818 2 1 4242 3 1 5454 4 1 6060 5 1 6363 Suppose each lawyer is paid ?$70 comma 00070,000 per year and the office building is rented for ?$400 comma 000400,000 per year. If the county decides to hire 44 lawyers to handle 6060 ?lawsuits, what will be the average fixed cost of each? case? What will be the average variable cost of each? case? The average fixed cost of each case will be ?$nothing per? year, and the average variable cost will be ?$nothing. ?(Enter numeric responses using real numbers rounded to two decimal? places.) A county government hires lawyers to defend itself in lawsuits. The local government provides its legal staff with an office building. The table below shows how many cases can be handled with different numbers of lawyers over the course of a year.?? Lawyers Office Buildings Cases 0 1 0 1 1 1818 2 1 4242 3 1 5454 4 1 6060 5 1 6363 Lawyers Office Buildings Cases 0 1 0 1 1 1818 2 1 4242 3 1 5454 4 1 6060 5 1 6363 Suppose each lawyer is paid ?$70 comma 00070,000 per year and the office building is rented for ?$400 comma 000400,000 per year. ?$70 comma 00070,000 ?$400 comma 000400,000 If the county decides to hire 44 lawyers to handle 6060 ?lawsuits, what will be the average fixed cost of each? case? What will be the average variable cost of each? case? 44 6060 The average fixed cost of each case will be ?$nothing per? year, and the average variable cost will be ?$nothing. ?(Enter numeric responses using real numbers rounded to two decimal? places.) ?$nothing ?$nothing. Lawyers Office Buildings Cases 0 1 0 1 1 1818 2 1 4242 3 1 5454 4 1 6060 5 1 6363

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Average fixed cost $66.01 (office building rent) Total fixed cost/No. of cases 66.0066 400000/6060 Average variable cost $46.20 Total variable cost/No. of cases (70000*4)/6060 46.20 If any doubt please comment

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