Suppose Heidi's Ice Cream Experiences Economies of Scale Up to a Certain

question 300

Multiple Choice

Suppose Heidi's Ice Cream experiences economies of scale up to a certain point and diseconomies of scale beyond that point. Its long-run average cost curve is most likely to be

• A) upward sloping to the right.
• B) downward sloping to the right.
• C) horizontal.
• D) U-shaped.

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