Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.5

7.5 — practice question

Diagrams 1 and 2 display two distinct long-run average cost curves (LRAC). What situations are represented by the two diagrams?

  • Adiagram 1: falling returns to scale; diagram 2: average cost is greater than marginal cost
  • Bdiagram 1: falling returns to scale; diagram 2: rising returns to scale
  • Cdiagram 1: unit cost falls as output increases; diagram 2: falling average fixed costs
  • Ddiagram 1: unit cost falls as output increases; diagram 2: unit cost rises as output increases

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