Not long ago, the Canadian edition of a famous textbook on principles of economics had a diagram depicting a U-shaped average fixed cost curve.This occasioned great mirth around the campfires of some economists in the Great White North and did much to shorten a long hard winter.Explain what is wrong with drawing a U-shaped average fixed cost curve.

Average Fixed Cost

is the fixed costs of production divided by the quantity of output produced, showcasing how these costs spread over different production levels.

U-Shaped

A graphical representation where the curve is low in the middle and higher at both ends, indicating a situation where both extremes have similar outcomes that are more favorable or effective than the moderate level.

Economists

Professionals who study the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, analyzing economic issues and trends.