Refer to the Information Provided in Figure 1

question 56

Multiple Choice

Refer to the information provided in Figure 1.5 below to answer the questions that follow. Figure 1.5
-Refer to Figure 1.5. In many industries, as firms produce additional units, average costs of production decline as the firm produces an additional unit, but average costs declines by a smaller and smaller amount as production continues to increase. If output is graphed on the horizontal axis and average costs are graphed on the vertical axis, the relationship between average costs and output would be like which of the following panels?

• A) A
• B) B
• C) C
• D) D

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Definitions:

Income

Earnings acquired on a consistent basis through employment or investments.

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price within a specific time period.

Quantity Supplied

The amount of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at a specific price, over a specified period of time.

Equilibrium

A state in which market supply and demand balance each other, and as a result, prices become stable.