If a Market Is Allocatively Efficient

question 1

Multiple Choice

If a market is allocatively efficient,

• A)firms are minimizing marginal cost
• B)firms are minimizing total cost
• C)consumers are minimizing expenditures
• D)it must be impossible to increase total utility
• E)it must be impossible to decrease output

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