Sweet Husks Is a Perfectly Competitive Corn Farm

question 87

Multiple Choice

Sweet Husks is a perfectly competitive corn farm. If the expected price of an ear of corn changes from $0.25 to $0.23, Sweet Husks' expected marginal benefit from holding additional ears of corn in inventory will shift ________ and the profit- maximizing number of ears of corn to hold in inventory will_______ .

• A)upward; decrease
• B)downward; decrease
• C)downward; increase
• D)upward; increase

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