5. Costs in the short run versus in the long run Scooter's Scooters is a large American manufacturer of electric scooters operating out of Fort Collins. Currently, the company produces all of its scooters using a single manufacturing facility, its factory in town. Recently, management has been considering expanding operations to one or two additional factories. The following table presents the manufacturer's monthly short-run average total cost (SRATC) for various levels of production if it operates out of one, two, or three factories. (Note: Q equals the total quantity of scooters produced by all factories.) Number of Factories Q = 50 Q = 100 140 60 230 110 320 160 AVERAGE TOTAL COST (Dollars per scooter) 400 Suppose Scooter's Scooters is currently producing 300 scooters per month in its only factory. Its short-run average total cost is 360 320 Suppose Scooter's Scooters is expecting to produce 300 scooters per month for several years. In this case, in the long run, it would choose to produce scooters using 280 On the following graph, plot the three SRATC curves for Scooter's Scooters from the previous table. Specifically, use the green points (triangle symbol) to plot its SRATC curve if it operates one factory (SRATC); use the purple points (diamond symbol) to plot its SRATC curve if it operates two factories (SRATC₂); and use the orange points (square symbol) to plot its SRATC curve if it operates three factories (SRATC₂). Finally, plot the long-run average total cost (LRATC) curve for Scooter's Scooters using the blue points (circle symbol). Note: Plot your points in the order in which you would like them connected. Line segments will connect the points automatically. 240 200 160 120 80 1 2 3 40 0 0 Average Total Cost (Dollars per scooter) Q 150 Q=200 80 40 40 50 40 40 80 100 150 200 QUANTITY (Scooters) Q = 250 160 110 60 250 300 350 4 SRATC, Q=300 320 230 140 SRATC₂ SRATC per scooter. LRATC In the following table, indicate whether the long-run average cost curve exhibits economies of scale, constant returns to scale, or diseconomies of scale for each range of scooter production