Refer to Figure 26

question 126

Multiple Choice

Refer to Figure 26.4 for a monopolistically competitive firm. If the firm currently faces Demand₂ and MR₂, then it will earn

• A) A positive economic profit, and firms will enter the industry.
• B) A positive economic profit, and firms will exit the industry.
• C) A negative economic profit, and firms will exit the industry.
• D) Zero economic profit, and neither entry nor exit will occur.

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