(Table: Oil Pumps) Refer to the Table

question 18

Multiple Choice

(Table: Oil Pumps) Refer to the table. Suppose that this marketis producing six barrels of oil from Oil Pump One and twobarrels of oil from Oil Pump Two. What happens to the totalcosts of production if we produce one less barrel of oil from OilPump One and one more barrel of oil from Oil Pump Two?

• A)The total costs of production fall by $16.00.(True Answer )Correct
• B)The total costs of production rise by $7.00.
• C)The total costs of production fall by $30.
• D)The total costs of production rise by $14.

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