Refer to the Information Provided in Figure 14

question 91

Multiple Choice

Refer to the information provided in Figure 14.1 below to answer the question(s) that follow. Figure 14.1
-Refer to Figure 14.1. Four chewing gum producing firms form a cartel. The firms have identical cost structures. If the cartel produces the profit-maximizing output level, each firm should produce

• A) 3,000 packs of chewing gum.
• B) 4,000 packs of chewing gum.
• C) 12,000 packs of chewing gum.
• D) indeterminate output levels from this information.

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