Question: PRODUCTION COSTS The graph of a typical average cost function A(x) = C(x)/x, where C(x) is a total cost function associated with the manufacture of x units of a certain commodity is shown in the following figure.
a. Explain in economic terms why A(x) is large if x is small and why A(x) is large if x is large.
b. What is the significance of the numbers x0 and y0, the x- and y-coordinates of the lowest point on the graph of the function A?
