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Refer to the Cost Regression for Straker Industries Shown Below AVC=a+bQ+cQ2A V C = a + b Q + c Q ^ { 2 }

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Refer to the cost regression for Straker Industries shown below.
Straker Industries estimated its short-run costs using a U-shaped average variable cost function of the form

AVC=a+bQ+cQ2A V C = a + b Q + c Q ^ { 2 }
and obtained the following results. Total fixed cost (TFC) at Straker Industries is $1,000.
 DEPENDENTVARIAELE:  AVC  R-SQUARE  F-RATIO  P-VALUE ON F  OESERVATIONS:  35 0.8713108.30.0001 PARAMETER  STANDARD  VARIAELE  ESTIMATE  ERROR  T-RATIO  P-VALUE  INTERCEPT 43.4013.803.140.0036 Q 2.800.903.110.0039 Q2 0.200.054.000.0004\begin{array} { r l l l l l } \text { DEPENDENTVARIAELE: } & \text { AVC } & \text { R-SQUARE } & \text { F-RATIO } & \text { P-VALUE ON F } \\\text { OESERVATIONS: } & \text { 35 } & \mathbf { 0 . 8 7 1 3 } & 108.3 & \mathbf { 0 . 0 0 0 1 } & \\& & \begin{array} { l } \text { PARAMETER }\end{array} & \text { STANDARD } & & \\\text { VARIAELE } & & \text { ESTIMATE } & \text { ERROR } & \text { T-RATIO } & \text { P-VALUE } \\\text { INTERCEPT } & & 43.40 & 13.80 & \mathbf { 3 . 1 4 } & \mathbf { 0 . 0 0 3 6 } \\\text { Q } & & - \mathbf { 2 . 8 0 } & \mathbf { 0 . 9 0 } & - \mathbf { 3 . 1 1 } & \mathbf { 0 . 0 0 3 9 } \\\text { Q2 } & & \mathbf { 0 . 2 0 } & \mathbf { 0 . 0 5 } & 4.00 & \mathbf { 0 . 0 0 0 4 }\end{array}
-If Straker Industries produces 12 units of output, what is estimated average total cost (ATC) ?


A) $121.93
B) $171.40
C) $463.20
D) $1,348

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