If an airport decides to expand by building an additional passenger terminal, and in doing so it lowers its average cost per airplane landing, then the expansion would provide ________ to the airlines

A) economies of scale
B) diseconomies of scale
C) higher average costs but lower total costs
D) higher marginal costs but lower total costs


Answer: A

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