The Average Total Cost Curve Is U-Shaped

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Essay

The average total cost curve is U-shaped. At the quantity of output where average total cost is at its minimum, is the marginal cost curve above the average total cost curve, below the average total cost curve, or intersecting the average total cost curve?

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