If a Restaurant Was a Natural Monopoly, Dividing the Restaurant

question 145

Multiple Choice

If a restaurant was a natural monopoly, dividing the restaurant equally into two separate restaurants would

• A)decrease marginal cost.
• B)raise average total cost.
• C)increase total revenue.
• D)make marginal revenue less elastic.

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