Average Fixed Costs

question 1

Multiple Choice

Average fixed costs:

• A) increase as the quantity produced increases.
• B) decline for a while as output increases and then begin to rise again.
• C) decrease steadily as output increases.
• D) are less than average variable costs at all output levels.
• E) None of these alternatives is correct.

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