If an airport decides to expand by building an additional passenger terminal, and in doing so it lowers its average cost per airplane landing, it was previously operating at
A) minimum efficient scale.
B) more than minimum efficient scale.
C) less than minimum efficient scale.
D) minimum capacity.
Answer: C
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