Exhibit 7-10 Short-Run Cost Schedule for Book Publisher's Hourly Production

Exhibit 7-10 Short-run cost schedule for book publisher's hourly production

In Exhibit 7-10, the marginal cost of increasing production from 2 to 3 cases of books is:

A) higher than the marginal cost of increasing production from 1 to 2 cases of books, so the marginal cost curve must be rising in between 2 and 3 cases.
B) higher than the marginal cost of increasing production from 1 to 2 cases of books, so the average total cost must be rising in between 2 and 3 cases.
C) lower than the marginal cost of increasing production from 1 to 2 cases of books, so the marginal cost must be greater than average total cost between 2 and 3 cases.
D) lower than the marginal cost of increasing production from 1 to 2 cases of books, so the average total cost must be rising in between 2 and 3 cases.