Given the Production Function and Total Cost Function Shown in Chapter

question 129

Multiple Choice

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