A Mining Company's Extraction Costs Curve Is

question 158

Multiple Choice

A mining company's extraction costs curve is

• A) upward-sloping because the more the company extracts, the more its marginal extraction costs increase.
• B) upward-sloping because the more the company extracts, the more its marginal extraction costs decrease.
• C) downward-sloping because the more the company extracts, the more its marginal extraction costs increase.
• D) downward-sloping because the more the company extracts, the more its marginal extraction costs decrease.

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