In the Long Run a Company That Produces and Sells

question 335

Multiple Choice

In the long run a company that produces and sells popcorn incurs total costs of $1,050 when output is 90 canisters and $1,200 when output is 120 canisters. The popcorn company exhibits

• A)diseconomies of scale because total cost is rising as output rises.
• B)diseconomies of scale because average total cost is rising as output rises.
• C)economies of scale because total cost is rising as output rises.
• D)economies of scale because average total cost is falling as output rises.

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Definitions:

Truth-functional Compound

A logical statement whose truth value depends solely on the truth values of its components.

Quantifier

A symbolic expression in logic that specifies the quantity of specimens in the domain of discourse that satisfy an open formula.

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A simple sentence in symbolic logic that contains variables but does not contain any logical connectives and cannot be further divided into simpler sentences.

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A thing that is composed of two or more separate elements.