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Answer: Option 2.
Explanation:
In the production process of a company or an organisation, there are certain types of costs that the company or the organisation has to bear. The types of costs are average costs and the fixed cost.
In the case of average cost, with the increase in the production made by the organisation, the average costs also increase. But in the case of fixed cost, with the increase in the production of the firm, the fixed cost does not increase or change. It remains the same. That is why it is known as the fixed cost.