If the Price of Its Product Falls Below the Minimum

question 344

Multiple Choice

If the price of its product falls below the minimum point on the AVC curve, the best a perfectly competitive firm can do is to

• A) keep producing and incur an economic loss equal to its total variable cost.
• B) keep producing and incur an economic loss equal to its total fixed cost.
• C) shut down and incur an economic loss equal to its total variable cost.
• D) shut down and incur an economic loss equal to its total fixed cost.

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