Assume that the relative prices of capital and labor have not changed. As a firm's expenditures for capital and labor decrease, its isocost line
A. shifts in parallel to the original isocost line.
B. shifts out parallel to the original isocost line.
C. rotates outward on the X-intercept.
D. rotates outward on the Y-intercept.
Answer: A
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