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A firm is reducing their output from 2,000 units to 1,000 units. This decision results in a reduction in the long run average cost from $300 to $200. What can be said about this firm?Multiple choice question.The firm is experiencing constant returns to scale.The firm is experiencing profitable returns to scale.The firm is experiencing economies of scale.The firm is experiencing diseconomies of scale.

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A firm is reducing their output from 2,000 units to 1,000 units. This decision results in a reduction in the long run average cost from 300to300 to 200. What can be said about this firm?Multiple choice question.The firm is experiencing constant returns to scale.The firm is experiencing profitable returns to scale.The firm is experiencing economies of scale.The firm is experiencing diseconomies of scale.

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The firm is experiencing economies of scale.

Here's why: Economies of scale occur when a firm's long-run average costs decrease as its output increases. In this case, however, the firm's output is decreasing, and so are its long-run average costs. This is the opposite of what we would expect if the firm were experiencing diseconomies of scale (where costs increase as output increases) or constant returns to scale (where costs stay the same as output changes). Therefore, the firm must be experiencing economies of scale.

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