The Section of the Marginal Cost Curve That Lies Above

question 426

Multiple Choice

The section of the marginal cost curve that lies above the average variable cost curve is

• A) a perfectly competitive firm's supply curve.
• B) a perfectly competitive firm's average total cost curve.
• C) a perfectly competitive firm's total fixed costs curve.
• D) irrelevant to the firm because it never produces at any point along this curve.

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