Which of the following statements is false?     a. The long-run average-total-cost curve does not connect the minimum points of each of the short-run average-total-cost curves.   b. The long-run average-total-cost curve shows the minimum cost of producing each level of output when all resources are variable.   c. The short-run average-total-cost curve shows the minimum costs of producing each level of output when at least one input is fixed.   d. If short-run average-total-costs are declining, then economies of scale exist.   e. None of the above.

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Which of the following statements is false?

 

  a.

The long-run average-total-cost curve does not connect the minimum points of each of the short-run average-total-cost curves.

  b.

The long-run average-total-cost curve shows the minimum cost of producing each level of output when all resources are variable.

  c.

The short-run average-total-cost curve shows the minimum costs of producing each level of output when at least one input is fixed.

  d.

If short-run average-total-costs are declining, then economies of scale exist.

  e.

None of the above.

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