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Chapter 6, Problem 15SQ
To determine
The decreasing portion of a firm's long run average cost curve and its implication.
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Diseconomies of scale exist over the range of output for which the long-run average cost curve is
a. constant.
b. falling.
c. rising.
d. none of the above.
In the long run, if 1,000 units are produced at a cost of $8,000 and 1,200 units at a cost of $9,200, then in this output range there are
Select one:
a. economies of scale
b. increasing marginal returns
c. diminishing marginal returns
d. decreasing marginal costs
e. diseconomies of scale
The difference between variable cost and fixed cost is that
Select one:
a. fixed cost is paid even when there is no output
b. fixed cost is always falling as output increases
c variable cost only increases for a while and then it decreases
d. fixed cost is always less than variable cost
e. fixed cost is not paid once production begins
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