Average Cost Declines as Output Expands in a Production Process

question 38

Multiple Choice

Average cost declines as output expands in a production process with:

• A) constant returns to scale.
• B) decreasing returns to scale.
• C) decreasing returns to a factor input.
• D) increasing returns to scale.

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