Assume that the relative prices of capital and labor have not changed. As a firm's expenditures for capital and labor increase, its isocost line

A. shifts out parallel to the original isocost line.
B. rotates outward on the Y-intercept.
C. shifts in parallel to the original isocost line.
D. rotates outward on the X-intercept.


Answer: A

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