Why Can't Marginal Cost Decrease Forever

question 46

Multiple Choice

Why can't marginal cost decrease forever?

• A) At some point, firms encounter physical limits of production.
• B) Demand is not infinite.
• C) Marginal cost can't increase forever either, and there must be symmetry.
• D) Marginal cost is always constant.

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