One Difference Between a Perfectly Competitive Firm and a Monopoly

question 308

Multiple Choice

One difference between a perfectly competitive firm and a monopoly is that a perfectly competitive firm produces where

• A) marginal cost equals price, while a monopolist produces where price exceeds marginal cost.
• B) marginal cost equals price, while a monopolist produces where marginal cost exceeds price.
• C) price exceeds marginal cost, while a monopolist produces where marginal cost equals price.
• D) marginal cost exceeds price, while a monopolist produces where marginal cost equals price.

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