Producing an Additional Unit Whose Marginal Cost Exceeds the Average

question 63

Multiple Choice

Producing an additional unit whose marginal cost exceeds the average total cost incurred thus far has the effect of pulling the

• A)fixed cost up.
• B)average cost up.
• C)average cost down.
• D)total cost down.

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Definitions:

Heterotrophic

Organisms that obtain their energy by consuming other living or dead organisms.

Nonliving Environment

Refers to the abiotic components of an ecosystem, including sunlight, temperature, wind, water, and minerals.

Food Webs

Complex networks of who eats whom in an ecosystem, illustrating the flow of energy and nutrients across multiple trophic levels.

Trophic Level

A level in an ecosystem's food web characterized by organisms that share the same step in energy flow, such as primary producers or primary consumers.