If the minimum points of all the possible short-run average total cost curves become successively lower as quantity of output increases, then:
A. the firm should try to produce less output.
B. total variable costs are constant along the LRAC curve.
C. there are economies of scale.
D. when output is doubled, total costs are doubled.
Answer: C
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