Which of the Following Is a Characteristic of a Firm

question 57

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a characteristic of a firm in a perfectly competitive market?

• A)The firm cannot make a profit in the short run because it is too small a part of the total market.
• B)The firm can make a profit in the long run but not in the short run.
• C)The firm can sell as much as it wants without having to lower its price.
• D)The firm must lower its price in order to increase quantity demanded.

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Definitions:

P(B / A)

The probability of event B occurring given that event A has already occurred, often used in conditional probability and Bayesian statistics.

Union

In mathematics, especially in set theory, the union of a collection of sets is the set that contains all elements that are a member of any set within the collection.

Random Events

Outcomes or occurrences that cannot be predicted with certainty due to the random nature of the underlying process.

Probability Space

The mathematical framework for probability in which a sample space, together with a probability measure, models the outcome of a random experiment.