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A. What is the relationship between a firm’s total revenue, profit, and total cost?

B. Define economies of scale and explain why they might arise. Define diseconomies of scale and why they might arise.

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As the firm moves from point A toward point B, they are experiencing: 

a. constant returns to scale. 

b. diseconomies of scale. 

c. economies of scale. 

 

As the firm moves from point B toward point C, they are experiencing:

a. constant returns to scale. 

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c. economies of scale. 

 

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a. constant returns to scale. 

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