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"I must confine myself to few examples,but am ready to furnish other and more complete details,if required.If my pictures are displeasing,coarse,and severe,my subjects must be recollected,offer no tranquil,refined,or composing features.The condition of human beings,reduced to the extremest states of degradation and misery,cannot be exhibited in softened language,or adorn a polished page.I proceed,gentlemen,briefly to call your attention to the present state of insane persons,confined within this Commonwealth,in cages,closets,cellars,stalls,pens! Chained,naked,beaten with rods,and lashed into obedience."
Dorothea Dix,1843
-The active role of women in reform movements such as this one in many ways inspired


Definitions:

Average Variable Cost

The total variable cost divided by the quantity of output, representing the variable cost per unit of output produced.

Marginal Cost

The expenditure involved in creating an additional product unit.

Total Variable Cost

The sum of all costs that vary with the level of output, including costs like raw materials and direct labor.

Average Total Cost

The total cost of production (fixed plus variable costs) divided by the quantity of output, representing the cost per unit including all expenses.

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