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Explaining Decreasing Average Costs
A car manufacturer invests heavily in a large, automated factory, resulting in very high initial setup costs. However, the cost of materials and labor for each individual car produced is relatively stable and does not change with the number of cars made. Explain in detail why the average cost to produce one car decreases as the total number of cars produced per day increases.
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