Use the Figure Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 82

Multiple Choice

Use the figure below to answer the following questions.

Figure 11.4.4
-Refer to Figure 11.4.4, which illustrates the long-run average total cost curve. Given an increase in output from Q₁ to Q₂,

• A)economies of scale exist.
• B)diseconomies of scale exist.
• C)constant returns to scale exist.
• D)average total cost is increasing.
• E)average total cost is decreasing.

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