Figure 12-5 Figure 12-5 Shows Cost and Demand Curves Facing a Typical

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Multiple Choice

Figure 12-5

Figure 12-5 shows cost and demand curves facing a typical firm in a constant-cost, perfectly competitive industry.
-Refer to Figure 12-5.If the firm's fixed cost increases by $1,000 due to a new environmental regulation, what happens in the diagram above?

• A)All the cost curves shift upward.
• B)Only the average variable cost and average total cost curves shift upward; marginal cost is not affected.
• C)Only the average total cost curve shifts upward; the marginal cost and average variable cost curves are not affected.
• D)None of the curves shifts; only the fixed cost curve, which is not shown here, is affected.

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