Given the Production Function and Total Cost Function Shown in Chapter

question 86

Multiple Choice

Given the production function and total cost function shown in Chapter 4, as production increases, marginal costs

• A)decrease constantly.
• B)decrease for a while and then increase.
• C)increase constantly.
• D)increase for a while and then decrease.

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