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question 11

Multiple Choice

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Pastry Paradise is looking to expand.It decides to take over Sweet Tooth,a competitive firm.The two firms have similar technology but different costs.Pastry Paradise has $1500 fixed costs and $1 marginal cost per unit produced.Sweet Tooth has $500 fixed costs but $5 marginal cost per unit produced.
-​What is the total cost,at the level of production where Pastry Paradise is indifferent between which technology is used?

• A)​$1750
• B)$1000
• C)$1500
• D)​$2000

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