The Law of Decreasing Returns Applies to

question 51

Multiple Choice

The law of decreasing returns applies to

• A) the long-run average cost curve.
• B) average total cost.
• C) diseconomies of scale.
• D) changes in a variable input with a given quantity of fixed inputs.
• E) changes in a fixed input with a given quantity of variable inputs.

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