How Much Greater Is the Per Capita Incarceration Rate for African

question 114

Multiple Choice

How much greater is the per capita incarceration rate for African Americans as compared to whites?

• A)Twice as great
• B)Three times as great
• C)Five times as great
• D)Seven times as great

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Constant Returns to Scale

A situation where increasing all inputs by the same proportion results in output increasing by that same proportion, indicating linear scalability of production processes.

Economies of Scale

Refers to the cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, with cost per unit of output generally decreasing with increasing scale.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages reaped by companies when production becomes efficient, leading to a decrease in the per-unit cost as output increases.