Multiple Choice
Which economic concept explains why a large drugstore chain can produce at a lower average cost than Whoville Pharmacy, an individually owned drugstore?
A) increasing marginal returns
B) diminishing marginal returns
C) economies of scale
D) diseconomies of scale
E) constant returns to scale
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