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Fixed Costs and Constant Marginal Cost Result in Falling Average Cost
When a firm operates with a cost structure that includes both fixed costs and a constant marginal cost, its average cost per unit of output will decrease as the total quantity produced increases. This occurs because the fixed costs are distributed over a larger number of units, causing the average cost to fall.
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