If Output Is Increased in the Long Run, Average Production

question 25

Multiple Choice

If output is increased in the long run, average production costs in the presence of internal diseconomies of scale will ________, and in the presence of external diseconomies of scale, will ________.

• A) decrease; decrease
• B) increase; remain constant
• C) remain constant; increase
• D) decrease; remain constant
• E) increase; decrease

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