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If a producing firm does not have enough time to expand its plant capacity, it is?
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Operating in the short run.
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The short run is?
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As long as it takes a particular firm to change its plant capacity.
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A characteristic of the long run is?
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All the above.
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Which of the following is an implicit cost of production?
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Rent that could have been earned on a building owned and used by the firm.
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Implicit costs of production are also called?
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Opportunity costs.
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The relationship between different amounts of inputs and the resulting level of output is a?
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Production function.
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As a firm hires more labor in the short run, the?
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Extra output of another worker will rise at first but eventually must fall.
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Figure 10.1
Diminishing returns to labor set in after?
Diminishing returns to labor set in after?
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L1
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Figure10.1
Short run output is maximized at?
Short run output is maximized at?
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L3
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If four workers can produce 8 chairs a day and five can produce 20 chairs a day, the marginal product of the 5th worker is?
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2 chairs.
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The short run marginal product of labor increasing at first and then falling is an example of the law of?
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Diminishing returns.
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Marginal cost curve is U shaped because of the?
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Law of Diminishing Returns.
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Figure 10.2
The difference between average total cost and average variable costs is?
The difference between average total cost and average variable costs is?
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Average fixed costs.
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Figure 10.2
Average variable costs approach average total costs as output rises because?
Average variable costs approach average total costs as output rises because?
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Average fixed costs are falling.
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If average total cost is $50 and average fixed costs is $15 when output is 20 units, then the firm's total variable costs at this output level would be?
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$700.
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If average total costs is $50 and average fixed costs is $15 when output is 20 units, then the firms average variable cost at that level of output would be?
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$35.
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When the average total cost is $16, the level of total cost is $800, then the number of units the firm is producing is?
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50.
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Marginal cost is equal to the?
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Change in total cost divided by the change in output.
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In the short run, if marginal product is at is maximum then?
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Marginal costs is at its minimum.
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Which of the following costs will not change as output changes?
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Total fixed costs.
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Average fixed costs if production?
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Fall as long as output is increased.
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If marginal cost is above the average variable costs, then average variable costs is decreasing?
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False.