-If the Price Is $12 Per Pizza, the Perfectly Competitive

question 21

Multiple Choice

-If the price is $12 per pizza, the perfectly competitive firm in the above figure is

• A) incurring an economic loss.
• B) making an economic profit.
• C) making zero economic profit.
• D) More information about the firm's total cost is needed to determine if the firm has a positive economic profit, zero economic profit, or an economic loss.

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