The Firm's Long-Run Average Total Cost Curve

question 31

Multiple Choice

The firm's long-run average total cost curve

• A)intersects each short-run average total cost curve at its minimum point
• B)lies below its short-run average total cost curves at every output level
• C)lies above its short-run average total cost curves at every output level
• D)coincides with a small segment of its short-run average total cost
• E)touches each of the firm's short-run average total cost curves at the lowest points

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