Other things equal, if the prices of a firm's variable inputs were to fall:

A. marginal cost, average variable cost, and average total cost would all fall.
B. one could not predict how unit costs of production would be affected.
C. marginal cost, average variable cost, and average fixed cost would all fall.
D. average variable cost would fall, but marginal cost would be unchanged.


Answer: A

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