Use the Figure Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 45

Multiple Choice

Use the figure below to answer the following questions.

Figure 11.3.2
-Refer to Figure 11.3.2, which illustrates short-run average and marginal cost curves. Which one of the following statements is false?

• A)Average fixed cost decreases with output.
• B)The vertical gap between curves B and C is equal to average variable cost.
• C)Line B comes closer to line C as output increases because of a decrease in average fixed cost.
• D)Curve D is the marginal cost curve.
• E)The vertical gap between curves B and C is equal to average fixed cost.

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