The Scientific Method. The Scientific Method is an organized way that helps scientists (or anyone!) answer a question or begin to solve a problem. There are usually six parts to it. 1  Purpose/Question â What do you want to learn? 2  Research â Find out as much as you can. 3  Hypothesis â After doing your research, try to predict the answer to the problem.  Experiment â The fun 1  part! Analysis â Record what happened during the experiment.
Economic Definition of long-run average cost. Offline Version: PDF. Term long-run average cost Definition: The per unit cost of producing a good or service in the long run when all inputs are variable. In other words, long-run total cost divided by the quantity of output produced.
Long Run Cost Curves. The long run cost curves are u shaped for different reasons. It is due to economies of scale and diseconomies of scale. If a firm has high fixed costs, increasing output will lead to lower average costs. However, after a certain output, a firm may experience diseconomies of scale.