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... given quantity of the output in a plant of given size and equipment . It involves the problem of what is called short - run cost minimiza- tion . The second layer , including the determination of the most profitable quantities of ...
... given quantity of the output in a plant of given size and equipment . It involves the problem of what is called short - run cost minimiza- tion . The second layer , including the determination of the most profitable quantities of ...
Page 20
... given output in a given plant . The variable cost incurred when the least - cost combination of inputs is used in conjunction with a given outfit of fixed equipment is called the variable cost of that quantity of output and denoted VC ...
... given output in a given plant . The variable cost incurred when the least - cost combination of inputs is used in conjunction with a given outfit of fixed equipment is called the variable cost of that quantity of output and denoted VC ...
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... given order to the number in the next higher order . By definition , the value of this ratio cannot fall below 2.0 , but it can rise higher , since streams of greater than first order can receive low - order tributaries without being ...
... given order to the number in the next higher order . By definition , the value of this ratio cannot fall below 2.0 , but it can rise higher , since streams of greater than first order can receive low - order tributaries without being ...
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