Refer to the Information Provided in Figure 10

question 23

Multiple Choice

Refer to the information provided in Figure 10.2 below to answer the questions that follow. Figure 10.2
-Refer to Figure 10.2. This firm's marginal cost curve has shifted from MC0 to MC1. A likely explanation for this is that

• A) the productivity of a variable input declined.
• B) the price of a variable input decreased.
• C) the demand for the firm's product decreased.
• D) the supply of a variable input decreased.

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