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sheilaspns

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Which economic concept explains why a large drugstore chain can produce at a lower average cost than Whoville Pharmacy, an individually owned drugstore?
 a. increasing marginal returns
  b. diminishing marginal returns
  c. economies of scale
  d. diseconomies of scale
  e. constant returns to scale

Question 2

Economies of scale occur where
 a. long-run average cost falls as new firms enter the industry
  b. short-run average cost falls as new firms enter the industry
  c. long-run average cost falls as one firm expands plant size
  d. short-run average cost falls as one firm expands plant size
  e. long-run average cost rises as one firm expands plant size



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

C



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