If Total Revenue Falls as More Output Is Produced

question 100

Multiple Choice

If total revenue falls as more output is produced,

• A)marginal revenue is negative
• B)marginal revenue is positive
• C)marginal cost is negative
• D)average revenue is negative
• E)total costs exceed total revenue

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Definitions:

Conjugal Gene Transfer

A process in bacteria where genetic material is transferred between bacterial cells through direct contact.

Binary Fission

A method of asexual reproduction seen in prokaryotic organisms and some single-celled eukaryotes, where a cell divides into two genetically identical daughter cells.

Conjugation

(1) A sexual process in ciliate protists that involves exchange of haploid nuclei with another cell. (2) A mechanism for DNA exchange in bacteria that involves cell-to-cell contact.

Pathogenic

Capable of causing disease; refers to microorganisms or agents that can produce an illness when they invade a host organism.