If the Average Total Cost Curve and the Average Variable

question 268

True/False

If the average total cost curve and the average variable cost curve are both U-shaped,and fixed costs are nonzero,then the minimum point of the average total cost curve must lie above the minimum point of the average variable cost curve.

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