A ____ Total Cost Function Implies That Marginal Costs ____

question 19

Multiple Choice

A ____ total cost function implies that marginal costs ____ as output is increased.

• A) linear; increase linearly
• B) quadratic; increase linearly
• C) cubic; increase linearly
• D) a and b
• E) none of the above

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