Production function display constant returns to scale

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The Cobb-Douglas production function is given by: Y = AK^(α)L^(1−α) where 0 < α < 1.

Does the Cobb-Douglas production function display “constant returns to scale?” (Doubling both inputs doubles outputs).

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