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What does the ATC1 curve represent?
How does the size of a firm's plant affect the ATC?
What is implied by diminishing marginal returns to labor in a firm's production function?
How do diminishing marginal returns to capital affect a firm's cost curves?
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In what way does plant variation influence short-run cost curves?
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What does ATC3 represent in the text provided?
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How is the LRAC curve defined in the text?
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What is the purpose of the LRAC curve according to the text?
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What does the LRAC curve help the firm decide?
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How many knitting machines are required to produce 13 sweaters a day according to the text?
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What is the main difference between economies of scale and diseconomies of scale?
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What does minimum efficient scale refer to in the context of LRAC curve?
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What happens to long-run average cost as output increases in case of constant returns to scale?
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If a firm moves beyond the minimum efficient scale output level, what might it experience?
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How can a U-shaped LRAC curve help identify the minimum efficient scale output level?
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What does the firm experience when the marginal product of a worker exceeds the marginal product of the previous worker?
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Why does increasing marginal returns initially occur in production processes?
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What happens when the marginal product of a worker is less than the marginal product of the previous worker?
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Why do diminishing marginal returns eventually arise in production processes?
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Which factor leads to increased specialization and division of labor in production processes?
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