A firm is producing output less than the output associated with the minimum point on the firm's short run average variable cost curve. At this level of output the firm uses its fixed capital input ________ and its variable labor input ________.
A. inefficiently; efficiently
B. efficiently; inefficiently
C. inefficiently; inefficiently
D. efficiently; efficiently
Answer: C
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