Which of the Following Is Most Likely an Example of Constant

question 74

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is most likely an example of constant returns to scale?

• A) The per-unit costs of Excel Publishing Company's manuals fell after a large order was received from the government.
• B) Alpha-Beta Inc. raised its price 10 percent after a 5 percent increase in production costs.
• C) Widget Manufacturing doubled its production by opening a new plant that was identical to its old plant.
• D) The XYZ Co. increased production 25 percent and experienced a 30 percent increase in its total cost.

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Definitions:

Amoebozoans

A group of amoeba-like eukaryotes, characterized by their amorphous shape and movement through cytoplasmic streaming.

Flagella

Long, whip-like appendages that protrude from the cell body of certain prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, used for locomotion or sensory functions.

Serial Endosymbiosis

The hypothesis that certain organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts originated as symbiotic prokaryotes that lived inside other free-living prokaryotic cells.

Mitochondria

Organelles found in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, responsible for producing energy through the process of oxidative phosphorylation.